Michael Coey is an Emeritus professor at the Trinity College Dublin.
17 Facts About Michael Coey
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Michael Coey got a BA in Physics at Jesus College, Cambridge, and a PhD from University of Manitoba for a thesis on "Mossbauer Effect of Fe in Magnetic Oxides" with advisor Allan H Morrish.
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Michael Coey has been in the physics department of Trinity College Dublin since 1978.
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Michael Coey obtained his ScD in 1987 and passed his Habilitation from the University of Grenoble in 1986, and an honorary doctorate in 1994.
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Michael Coey served as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at TCD from 2007 to 2012.
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Michael Coey has been a Professor of Physics at TCD since 1987, and was the last appointed Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, a chair that dates from 1724.
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In 1994 Coey founded Magnetic Solutions and went on to be the cofounder of CRANN Ireland's Nanoscience Research institute and conceived Dublin's unique Science Gallery.
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Michael Coey has published over 700 scientific articles on diverse aspects of magnetism, many of which have had significant impact on the scientific community.
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Michael Coey delivered a public lecture on the History of Magnetism in Paris in 2010.
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Currently, Michael Coey holds positions at National University Singapore and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden.
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Michael Coey has been part of numerous collaborations including: IBM Yorktown Heights, Institute of Physics Peking, McGill University, University of Bordeaux, CEN-Grenoble, Johns Hopkins APL, Universite de Paris IV, University of California, San Diego, Florida State University, University of Paris XI, Leman University Geneva, University of Strasbourg.
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Michael Coey pioneered a co-operation project between academic and industrial laboratories in the Concerted European Action on Magnets.
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Mike Michael Coey is a member of the Royal Irish Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences.
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Michael Coey is a fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Mineralogical Society of America and the American Physical Society.
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Michael Coey's numerous awards include a Fulbright Fellowship, the Charles Chree Medal of the Institute of Physics, the Gold Medal of the Royal Irish Academy the RDS INTEL Prize Lecture on Nanoscience in addition to being the recipient of the Humboldt, Gutenberg and Max Born Medal and Prize awards.
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Michael Coey received the Max Born Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics in 2012.
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Since 1973, Michael Coey has been married to poet Wong May Michael Coey and has two sons.