Senior Leadership Team
Our Senior Leadership Team is responsible for the day to day running of the institute and reports to the Board on a quarterly basis.
William Scanlon | Chief Executive Officer
Professor Paul Townsend | Head of Photonics
Professor Cian Ó Mathúna | Research Programme Director
Professor Dimitra Psychogiou | Head of Advanced RF Technology Group
Dr Michael Nolan | Chair of Research Committee (Interim)
Professor Stefan Andersson-Engels | Head of Biophotonics
Dr Aidan Quinn | Head of MNS
John Morrissey | Executive Director of MCCI
Dr Fatima Gunning | Head of Graduate Studies & EPE
Dr Georgos Fagas | Head of EU Programmes
Dr Patrick Morrissey | Head of Photonics Operations
Dr Graeme Maxwell | Head of Specialty Products & Services
Peter Smyth | Commercial Director
Claire Cooke | Head of People & Culture
Derry Kelleher | Director of Infrastructure
Damian Nestor | Director of Finance & Business Operations
Áine Murphy | Secretariat
Board Members
Dr Denis Doyle | Chairperson, Founder and Principal at Resonance Consulting and Coaching Limited
William Scanlon | Chief Executive Officer
Professor John F. Cryan | Vice President for Research & Innovation, UCC
Caroline Dowling | Director, DCC Plc & IMI Plc
Professor Bram Nauta | Distinguished University Professor, University of Twente
Sean O’Sullivan | Founder, SOSV
Professor Richard V Penty | Professor of Photonics, Cambridge University
Professor Steven A. Ringel | Distinguished University Professor, Ohio State University
Professor Birgitte Bak-Jensen | Distinguished University Professor, Aalborg University
Susan Feindt | ADI Fellow, Analog Devices