Our Academics

Joe O'Sullivan

PROFESSOR JOE O'SULLIVAN

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Throughout his academic medical career, Professor O’Sullivan has been committed to improving the lives of patients with prostate cancer through research and innovation.

Expertise: cancer, cancer research, prostate cancer, molecular radiotherapy, External Beam Radiotherapy, Advanced prostate cancer, Castration resistant prostate cancer


Nola Hewitt-Dundas

PROFESSOR NOLA HEWITT-DUNDAS

Queen's Business School

Professor Hewitt-Dundas' research interests include the dynamics of innovation ecosystems in an international context, innovation, technology transfer and networks with an emphasis on small and medium enterprises, business strategy and technology adoption.


Kieran Connell

DR KIERAN CONNELL

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

Dr Kieran Connell is a leading historian of post-war Britain, and has particular expertise in the histories of immigration, multiculturalism and popular culture based in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics.


Peter Doran

DR PETER DORAN

School of Law, The Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation (CESI)

Dr Doran has worked as a consultant writer with the UN Climate Change Convention, going back to the negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol, and has written on the topics of climate change; mindfulness; environmental governance and activism on the island of Ireland; rights of nature, including a recent book on the 'mindful commons and the attention economy'.


Richard English

PROFESSOR RICHARD ENGLISH

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, The Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice

Professor Richard English is an internationally recognised historian, academic and author having conducted extensive research in Irish politics and history, political violence and terrorism.


Alan Fitzsimons

PROFESSOR ALAN FITZSIMMONS

School of Mathematics and Physics, Astrophysics Research Centre

Professor Fitzsimmons studies icy comets from the cold outskirts of our Solar system, and rocky asteroids that can pass too close for comfort.


Colin Harvey

PROFESSOR COLIN HARVEY

School of Law

Professor Colin Harvey is Professor of Human Rights Law in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, a Fellow of the Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, and an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Irish Studies.


Dr Katy Hayward

DR KATY HAYWARD

School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work

Dr Katy Hayward is a sought-after expert on Brexit, the Irish border and the peace process, and a leading political sociologist on the island of Ireland.


Chris McCrudden

PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER MCCRUDDEN

School of Law

Professor Christopher McCrudden is a world-leading expert human rights and equality law at the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast and the William W Cook Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan Law School.


Professor Maire O'Neill

PROFESSOR MÁIRE O'NEILL

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, ECIT

Professor Máire O’Neill is a leading cybersecurity expert. Maire is a UK Female Inventor of the Year, was the youngest Irish Academy fellow and youngest-ever engineering professor at Queen’s University Belfast.


Manuel Salto Tellez

PROFESSOR MANUEL SALTO TELLEZ

Precision Medicine Centre of Excellence

Professor Salto Tellez is an international pathologist and is one of the drivers behind the Precision Medicine Centre of Excellence.


Michael Tunney

PROFESSOR MICHAEL TUNNEY

School of Pharmacy

Professor Tunney's research focuses primarily on the improved detection and treatment of lung infection in patients with respiratory diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF), bronchiectasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).