Denis Weaire#
| Membership Number: | 1826 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | IRELAND |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2005 Professor Emeritus, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
- 1984 Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; Head of Department 1984-1999, 2003-2005
- 1980-1984 Chair of Experimental Physics, University College, Dublin, Ireland; Head of Department 1983-1984
- 1974-1977 Senior Lecturer/Professor, Heriot-Watt University
- 1970-1972 J W Gibbs Instructor/Associate Professor, Yale University
- 1969-1970 Research Fellow, Harvard University
- 1967-1969 Fellow of Clare College
- 1968 PhD, Physics, University of Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Condensed matter physics
- Computational physics
- Soft matter
- History of physics
Honours and Awards
- 1997 Fellow of the Royal Society, Member of Royal Irish Academy
- Cecil Powell Medal, Holweck Medal, Cunningham Medal
- President, European Physical Society
- Vice-President, Academia Europaea
- Vice-President, Institute of Physics
