Brian Norton | |
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| Born | 1955 Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham Cranfield University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Energy Engineering Physics Solar Energy |
| Institutions | Tyndall National Institute University College Cork Technological University Dublin Dublin Institute of Technology Ulster University Cranfield University |
Brian Norton is a solar energy applications researcher and technologist. As president of Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) from 2003 to 2018,[1][2] he was an advocate for diversity of higher education in Ireland.[3][4] He has also been associated with the relocation of DIT from a multiplicity of scattered buildings to a single city centre campus in the Grangegorman neighbourhood of Dublin[5][6] and the creation of the Technological University Dublin, Ireland's first Technological University.
In 2020 he became head of energy research at Tyndall National Institute,[7][8][9] research professor at University College Cork as well as professor of solar energy applications at Technological University Dublin.