42nd IUPAC Council Meeting
Nominee for Secretary General
John Corish
(Ireland)
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John Corish
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Prof. Corish’s research interests are in matter transport in solids,
including transdermal drug delivery. He has published more than 150
papers and several patents that resulted in a commercial product sold
in 22 countries.
Education and Career
Prof. Corish obtained his B.S. and Ph.D. Degrees at University
College Dublin before moving to the University of Western Ontario as
a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer. He returned to University College
as a college lecturer before being appointed in 1982 to the chair of
Physical Chemistry at Trinity College, University of Dublin. He was
elected a fellow of the College in 1986.
He is currently head of the Department of Chemistry at Trinity, a post
he previously held from 1985 to 1991. In Trinity he has also served
as dean of the Faculty of Science, bursar (vice president finance),
and as its first dean of research (vice president research). In the
latter post he was responsible for the university’s interaction
with industry and for its very successful campus company program. He
served on the Board of the College for 10 years and has extensive experience
in project management having chaired a number of committees including
the Business and Industry Committee, the High Performance Computing
Development Committee, the Research Committee, and the building committees
for two major buildings.
Related Professional Activities
Outside the college, Corish has been a member of the Council
of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland. He was president of the Institute
from 1990—92. He has served on the Trades Council and Innovation
and Technology Policy Committee of the Irish Business and Employers
Confederation, as chair of the Chemical and Allied Products Industrial
Training Committee of the Irish Industrial Training Authority, and as
a member of the Royal Dublin Society’s Science Committee. He was
elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 1986, was a member of
its Council from 1998—2002, and was Academy vice president in 2000.
IUPAC Involvement
Corish’s service in IUPAC started in 1979. On the Commission
on High Temperature and Solid State Chemistry, he has served as secretary
(1987—91) and chairman (1991—95). He served as vice president
(1995—97) and president (1997—2001) of the Inorganic Chemistry
Division. From 1987—93 he was a member of the Interdivisional Committee
on Terminology, Nomenclature and Symbols (ICTNS) and from 1999—2001
he was a member of the Evaluation Committee. He is currently acting
secretary of the Inorganic Division, chairman of the Subcommittee on
Materials Chemistry, and a member of ICTNS. Since 1999 he has been responsible
for the IUPAC process for the naming of new elements. He has also served
on the Bureau and has been a member of the Irish delegation to several
Councils.
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