Dr Linda Doyle was appointed the 45th Provost of Trinity College Dublin by staff and student representatives, coming into office on 1 August 2021.

She served previously as Trinity’s Dean of Research and as Professor of Engineering and The Arts. Her expertise is in the fields of wireless communications, spectrum management and creative arts practices. She was the founding Director of CONNECT – Ireland’s national research centre for future communication networks.

She has raised over €70million in research funding and has published widely in her field. Linda established a reputation as an advocate for change in spectrum management practices and has played a role in spectrum policy at the national and international level. She has served as Chair of the Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board in the UK and has been a member of the Open Research Europe Scientific Advisory Board.

Combining creative arts practices with engineering for many years, she founded the Orthogonal Methods Group (OMG) a research initiative in CONNECT that works in critical and creative tension with technology with the purpose of generating knowledges, insights and alternative research orientations across disciplines that are sometimes perceived to be mutually exclusive.

Linda has also served as Chair of the Board of the Douglas Hyde Gallery (2013-2021), as a member of the Board of Pallas Project Studios, KTH Sweden Scientific Advisory Board, and the Board of the Wireless Innovation Forum. She serves on the Board of Science Gallery International (SGI), and served previously on the Board of the Festival of Curiosity, a STEM outreach activity for children based on a city-centre yearly science festival.

As well as her contributions to research and the arts, she is an active advocate for women in engineering and in computer science. She has been involved in numerous initiatives such Girls in Tech, Teen Turn, and HerStory.

She holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering (BE) from University College Cork and an MSc, PhD, and PGDIP STATS from Trinity College Dublin. She is a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and an Honorary Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.

Linda is a native of Togher in Cork city and attended Togher Girls National School and St Angela’s College.