Igor Shvets
researcher
Igor Shvets is the Head of Applied Physics at the School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), where he is also a principal investigator at CRANN and AMBER. He has worked in nanomaterials, thin-film physics, energy systems, and transparent conducting oxides, and has founded technology spinouts in Ireland.
Education
Shvets received his MSc in Physics and Electronics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in 1986, studying under Nobel Laureate Alexander Prokhorov. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from MIPT and the General Physics Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1989.
Career
Shvets began his academic career as a researcher at the General Physics Institute in Moscow (1989–1990), followed by a secondment to the University of Basel in Switzerland (1991–1992). In 1991, he joined Trinity College Dublin as a lecturer and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2001. He has been Head of Applied Physics since 2007.
From 2014 to 2020, he served as Head of the School of Physics at TCD. During his tenure, new MSc programs in Energy Science and Quantum Technologies were developed. He was also involved in establishing the €150 million CRANN research centre in 2002 and launched the weekend science initiative The Walton Club in 2014 alongside Arlene O'Neill
Shvets has founded three high-technology spin-out companies based on his research: Deerac Fluidics (2000–2008), later acquired by Labcyte, Cellix Ltd. (2008–2023), acquired by Randox Laboratories and Miravex Ltd. (2011–present), focused on dermatological imaging.
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