Michael Coey

John Michael David Coey (born 24 February 1945), known as Michael Coey, is a Belfast-born experimental physicist working in the fields of magnetism and spintronics. After Tonbridge Mike Coey developed his interest in teaching in India before reading Physics at Jesus college Cambridge http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk, he subsequently gained a PhD from University of Manitoba, and Dip. d'Habilitation from University of Grenoble http://www.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr & ScD from Trinity College, Dublin.

Mike Coey has been a Professor of Physics at Trinity College Dublin for over 25 years, where he is currently Professor Emeritus Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (2007-2012), a chair that dates from 1724. Recognised as a distinguished European specialist in magnetic materials; internationally he continues to be a leader in the field of magnetism.

In 1994 Mike Coey founded Magnetic Solutions and went on to be the cofounder of CRANN Ireland's Nanoscience Research institute (2002) and conceived Dublin's unique Science Gallery (2006). He has published over 700 scientific articles on diverse aspects of magnetism, many of which have had significant impact on the scientific community. As Ireland's most highly cited scientist, with an h-index of 66 (as of September 2013) Mike Coey continues to make an impact at both the cutting edge of his chosen areas of specialisation and to the wider scientific community. His recent textbook Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Cambridge University Press, 2010) has met the need for a general, tangible text about modern magnetism.

Mike Coey is a member of the Royal Irish Academy (1987), a Fellow of the Royal Society (2003) and a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences (2005). He is also a fellow of the Institute of Physics, the American Mineralogical Society and the American Physical Society. Mike’s numerous awards include a Fulbright Fellowship, the Charles Cree Medal of the Institute of Physics (1997), the Gold Medal of the Royal Irish Academy (2005) the RDS INTEL Prize Lecture on Nanoscience (2012) in addition to being the recipient of the Humboldt (2013) & Gutenberg (2015) prizes.

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