Background
Coey, John Michael David was born on February 24, 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of David Stuart Coey and Joan Elizabeth Newsam.
Coey, John Michael David was born on February 24, 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of David Stuart Coey and Joan Elizabeth Newsam.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Manitoba, Canada, 1971. Diplôme d'habilitation, Grenoble Institute of Technology, Grenoble, France, 1986.
Doctor of Science, University Dublin, Ireland, 1987. Doctor (honorary), Institut National Polytechnic, Grenoble, 1994.
With National Center for Scientific Research, Grenoble, 1971—1978, attaché de recherché, 1972—1975, chargé de recherché, 1975. With International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, 1976—1977. Lecturer Trinity College, Dublin, 1978—1981, associate professor, 1981—1987, professor, since 1987, head department, 1991—1994, deputy director Centre Research Adaptive Nanostructure and Nanodevices, since 2004.
Visiting professor International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, 1979, Institute Physics, Peking, 1980, McGill University, 1982, University Bordeaux, 1984, Certified Emergency Nurse, Grenoble, 1985, Johs Hopkins, 1986, University Paris VI, 1992, University California, San Diego, 1997, Florida State University, 1998, University Paris XI, 1998, Le Mans University, 1999, 2001, 03. Chairman International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Commission Magnetism, 2002—2005, Joint European Magnetics Symposium, 2001—2006. Member academy committee Magnetism Laboratory Chemical Abstracts Service, Peking.
Member various review panels.
Magnetic Glasses (with K. Moorjani) 1984, Structural and Magnetic Phase Transitions in Minerals (with S. Ghose and E. Salje) 1988. Numerous papers on magnetic and electron properties of solids.
Fellow: Royal Society, American Physical Society, American Mineralogical Society, Institute Physics (Charles Cree medal and prize 1997). Member: National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate 2005), Royal Irish Academy (Gold medal 2005).
Gardening.
Married Wong May, September 1, 1973. Children: James, Dominic.