Dr Cian O'Mathuna

Dr. Ó Mathúna is Head of the Microsystems Centre at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland. With a compliment of over 80 researchers, and an annual budget of  €5M, the Centre incorporates two Research Groups - Microelectronics Applications Integration (MAI) and Life Science Interface (LSI). Dr. Ó Mathúna leads the MAI Group with research activities in Ambient Electronics Systems, Micropower Systems and Interconnection and Packaging.

Dr. Ó Mathúna received B.E., M.Eng.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the National University of Ireland, Cork, in 1981, 1984, and 1994, respectively. From 1982 to 1993, he was co-manager of the Interconnection and Packaging Group, National Microelectronics Research Centre (NMRC), University College Cork, Ireland.

In 1993, he joined the Irish Government-sponsored Programme in Advanced Technology, PEI Technologies (formerly Power Electronics Ireland), based at NMRC, as Technical/Commercial Director.

In 1997, he rejoined NMRC as Group Director with responsibility for Microsystems.

In 1999, he was appointed Assistant Director at NMRC with responsibility for microelectronics integration with research in Ambient Electronics, Biomedical Microsystems, and Energy Processing for ICT.