Patrick G. O'Shea

Patrick G. O’Shea (born c. 1951) is an Irish-American scientist and academic. Since February 2017, he has served as the fifteenth President of University College Cork.[2] He previously served as Vice President and Chief Research Officer at the University of Maryland.[3][4]

Patrick G. O’Shea
O’Shea in November 2019
15th President of University College Cork
In office
2017 – present
Preceded byMichael Murphy
Personal details
Born1950/1951 (age 68–70)[1]
Cork, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Alma mater
ProfessionPhysicist

Biography

O'Shea was born in Cork, Ireland, and attended secondary school at Coláiste Chríost Rí. He holds a B.Sc. degree from University College Cork, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland, all in physics.

At Maryland, O'Shea was a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an affiliate professor in the Department of Physics, and previously served as Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Director of the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics.

O'Shea's area of expertise is in electromagnetics, electron-accelerators and free-electron lasers. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also a University of Maryland Distinguished Scholar-Teacher.[5][6][7] His board memberships include the Universitas 21 Research Leaders Steering Group, the National Institute of Aerospace, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board,[8] the Maryland Cybersecurity Council,[9] and the Maryland Innovation Initiative.[10]

On June 14, 2016, O'Shea was appointed the fifteenth President of University College Cork, effective February 1, 2017.[11][12]

Personal life

O'Shea and his wife, Miriam, were married in 1987; they have a son, Ronan.[1]

gollark: Which makes sense, since it's the lizards spying on us from on top of the dome above the hexagonal Earth.
gollark: They just say "but TERRORISM" to shut down any critical reasoning about it and paint anyone who disagrees as *unpatriotic* and *eeeevil*.
gollark: Wikipedia notes misuse of *non-*mass surveillance in past. Spying on everyone and everything they do online will make it worse.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_United_States
gollark: Oh, this too:- ignoring relevant laws and gathering data anyway until new laws can retroactively allow it- getting around limits on spying on citizens by sharing data with other "Five Eyes" nations and spying on them as foreigners
gollark: Well, it's pretty known that they do go around intercepting lots of stuff. There are many problems with this:- having private data like your internet traffic stored somewhere is kind of bad in itself.- if it's not abused yet it's basically only a matter of time.- there's no transparency anywhere and even a system of secret courts to judge things- it may help slightly to stop terrorists (no transparency so we can't check really) but is just a massive breach of privacy

References
  1. Dunne, Chris (February 14, 2019). "A President's love story that's full of chemistry". The Echo. Cork, Ireland. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  2. "O'Shea Appointed President of University College Cork". research.umd.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. "size-matters-when-it-comes-to-research-impact-new-umd-vp-of-research". newswise.com. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  4. "Dr. Patrick O'Shea | Division of Research". research.umd.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  5. IREAP. Honors and Awards. "Professor O'Shea is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science."
  6. "Patrick O'Shea Awarded Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award - UMD Physics". umdphysics.umd.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  7. "UMD - Office of Faculty Affairs". faculty.umd.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. "Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board - Maryland Department of Commerce".
  9. "Cybersecurity Council, Maryland".
  10. "MII Board Meetings - Tedco".
  11. http://www.ucc.ie/en/about/uccnews/fullstory-647941-en.html
  12. "UCC physics graduate named university's next president". Retrieved 16 April 2018.

Further reading
Academic offices
Preceded by
Michael Murphy		 President of University College Cork
2017–present		 Incumbent
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