Luke Drury (astrophysicist)

Emeritus Professor
Luke O’Connor Drury
MRIA MAE FInstP
Drury in 2018
EducationWesley College Dublin
Alma materTrinity College Dublin (BA), University of Cambridge (PhD)
SpouseDr Anna Drury
AwardsShakti P Duggal Award 1987
Scientific career
Institutions
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg
  • Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Cosmic Physics

Luke O’Connor Drury (born 1953 in Dublin) is an Irish mathematician and astrophysicist at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) with research interests in plasma physics, particle acceleration, gas dynamics, shock waves, and cosmic rays. He was President of the Royal Irish Academy from 2011 to 2014.[1][2]

  1. ^ Professor Luke Drury Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 2020
  2. ^ Luke Drury, ALLEA Board Member Royal Irish Academy