SCIENCE GALLERY GOVERNANCE BOARD

Members of the Science Gallery Governance Board are:

Ken Arnold
Ken Arnold studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and completed a Ph.D. for Princeton University on the history of English museums in 1992.  He has himself worked in a variety of museums (national and local) on both sides of the Atlantic.  His arrival at the Wellcome Trust in 1992 allowed him further to pursue his historical interests, but also to present his findings in the form of exhibitions.  His recent research has also taken him into the fields of contemporary art and science.
He is currently Head of Public Programmes at the Wellcome Trust, running a department that oversees the development of a variety of events and exhibitions (permanent and temporary) presented in a new cultural venue Wellcome Collection that opened in June 2007 – a free venue for the ‘incurably curious’, dedicated to exploring the connections between medicine, art and life.

Dr John Climax
John Climax, PhD is a founder of ICON Clinical Research plc. He has over 25 years of experience in the clinical research industry globally. Dr. Climax received his primary degree in pharmacy in 1977 from the University of Singapore, his masters in applied pharmacology in 1979 from the University of Wales and his PhD in clinical pharmacology from the National University of Ireland in 1982. He has authored a significant number of papers and presentations. Dr. Climax is an adjunct Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland and Chairman of the Human Dignity Foundation, a Swiss based charity, as well as serving on the Board of some biotech companies. Dr Climax has
previously held the positions of CEO and subsequently Executive Chairman of ICON plc. Since January 2010, Dr Climax serves on the ICON plc board as Chairman Emeritus. During 2010, Dr Climax founded Dignity Sciences, a start-up life sciences company focusing on the science of ageing.

Dr Patrick Prendergast
Patrick Prendergast took office as the 44th Provost of Trinity College Dublin on 1 August 2011. From Oulart in Co Wexford, Dr Prendergast first came to Trinity in 1983 graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and later with a PhD in bioengineering.  After post-doctoral positions in Bologna, Italy and Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Dr Prendergast returned as a Lecturer to Trinity in 1995, and was elected a Fellow of the College in 1998. Together with colleagues in Engineering, Dentistry, Medicine, and Physiology he established the Trinity Centre for Bioengineering in 2002, was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2008, and awarded an ScD in 2009. He served as Dean of Graduate Studies 2004-2007 and was the first appointment to the expanded position of Vice-Provost as Chief Academic Officer in 2008. Dr Prendergast’s research is in the area of medical device technologies, where he has developed well-known theories on mechanoregulation of tissue phenotype. He has significant industrial collaboration in implant design and development, including in his role as a board member of Clearstream Technologies Group plc. Dr Prendergast was elected as Provost of Trinity by academic staff and students on a manifesto of asserting Trinity’s global presence as Ireland’s premier university. His term of office is for ten years from 2011 to 2021.

Dr Christopher J. Horn (Chairman)
Dr Christopher J. Horn is co-founder of IONA Technologies. He was the initial developer of Orbix® and held the joint offices of IONA's president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board from IONA's inception until May 2000. He served as the chairman of the board of IONA from May 2000 to May 2003 when he re-assumed the CEO position, a post he held until his appointment to vicechairman in April 2005. Dr Horn has been a non-executive director of a number of privately held software companies and business associations and advisor to a number of venture capital firms. He is also the president of the chartered engineering body in Ireland, Engineers Ireland, a member of the Innovation Task Force and is currently the non-executive chairman of UNICEF Ireland.

Dr David Lloyd
Dr David Lloyd is the Hitachi Senior Lecturer in Advanced Computing in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, and is Trinity's Dean of Research, with responsibility for the overall research strategy within the institution. In 2009 Dr Lloyd co-founded CodeX Discovery, a campus company in the domain of oncology research & development.

Colm Long
Colm Long currently holds the position of Director of Online Operations at Facebook where he oversees the company's EMEA Headquarters based in Dublin, Ireland.  Colm has comprehensive experience with multi-national companies and joined from Google, where he held several senior roles including Director of Online Sales and Operations for Northern Europe and Director of Sales Operations for Emerging Markets.  He was also on the team that established Google's EMEA headquarters in Dublin.  Previously, Colm worked in senior positions at Barclaycard International and French online stockbroker Self Trade.  A native of Derry, Northern Ireland, Colm earned a bachelor's degree in Applied Linguistics from University of Brighton.

David Martin
David Martin is Director of EMEA Finance and Business Intelligence with Google. Prior to joining Google in 2005, David was Head of Strategic Planning for eircom. He has also worked for several years as a Management Consultant with McKinsey & Co.  prior to which he was Business Development Manager for an opto-electronics start-up based in Dublin. David has also worked with the Toshiba Corporation both in USA and Japan returning to Ireland in 1997. He spent several years in the USA as an Advanced Market Development Engineer and five years working as a Laser Application Engineer based in Japan.

Fergal Naughton
Fergal Naughton is currently director of group operations at his family's business, Glen Dimplex, with responsibility for group functions of design, manufacturing, purchasing, new technologies and also the group's manufacturing operation in China. He holds a degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (Trinity College Dublin, 1998), a Masters of Science (Stanford University, 2000) and a Masters of Business Administration (Harvard University, 2005). He is a trustee of the Naughton Foundation, a charitable organisation which supports worthwhile causes in education
and the arts.

Niall Ó Donnchú
Niall Ó Donnchú MPhil, BScEcon, CDipAF, is the assistant secretary-general of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism where he is responsible for the arts, culture and film policy dossiers. He is a graduate of Queens University, Belfast and the London School of Economics. Prior to this, he was head of ecommerce and broadband policy at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and head of alternative energy policy at the Department of Energy. From 1986 to 1992 he was company secretary of the State-owned seaweed processing company Arramara Teo. He is a board member of the National Concert Hall, Culture Ireland and Energy Action Ltd.

Dr Jane Ohlmeyer
Jane Ohlmeyer is Erasmus Smith Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin. Her books include "Civil War and Restoration in the Three Stuart Kingdoms. The Career of Randal MacDonnell, Marquis of Antrim, 1609-1683" (Cambridge, 1993; reprint Dublin, 2001), "Ireland from Independence to Occupation, 1641-1660" (ed., Cambridge, 1995) and "Political Thought in Seventeenth-Century Ireland" (ed., Cambridge, 2000). She is currently writing a book on the Irish peerage in the 17th century.

Professor Clive Williams
Prof Clive Williams is Dean of Engineering, Science and Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin and is responsible for provision of academic and strategic leadership within the faculty. He is a fellow of Trinity College, a member of the Royal Irish Academy and has published over 100 papers on
various topics of research.

Prof. Vinny Cahill
Prof. Vinny Cahill is Dean of Research at Trinity College Dublin where he has responsibility for coordinating the university’s research, innovation, technology transfer, and entrepreneurship strategies.

Prof. Cahill has previously served as Head of the Department of Computer Science, Director of Research for Computer Science and Statistics, Director of Teaching and Learning (Postgraduate) for Computer Science and Statistics, Head of the Distributed Systems Group, and Course Director for the M.Sc. in Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems) and the M.Sc. in Computer Science (Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing). 

His research addresses many aspects of distributed systems, in particular, middleware and programming models for mobile, ubiquitous and autonomic computing with application to optimization of urban resource usage and service delivery in order to improve the quality of life and sustainability of cities. He is an SFI Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator of Lero – The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre.