Professor
(Emeritus) John Costello,
B.Sc., Ph.D., C.Phys., F.Inst.P,
M.Eur.Phys.Soc,
ORCID: 0000-0003-4677-9999
ResearcherID:
L-8011-2017
Scopus Author ID: 7201995887
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rQGrsCoAAAAJ&hl=en
Note: I have retired and can no longer recruit and
mentor PhD students or postdocs.
Co-ordinates
Postal Address:
School
of Physical Sciences
Glasnevin,
Dublin
9.
Email:
John.Costello@dcu.ie
1980
– 1986: PhD in Laser Plasma Physics (UCD)
1976
– 1980: BSc in Experimental Physics (UCD)
1966
– 1976: Westland Row Christian Brothers Primary and Secondary Schools
European Physical
Society – EPS (Member)
University Roles
2011
– 2016: Dean of the Faculty of Science and Health
2009
– 2011: (Acting) Associate Dean (Research) – Faculty of Science and Health
2004
– 2009: Head of the School of Physical Sciences
Academic Ranks
2025
– : Emeritus (Full) Professor
2014
– 2024: Full Professor
2005
– 2014: Associate Professor
1990
– 2005: Senior Lecturer
1987
– 1990: Lecturer
1984
– 1987: Assistant Lecturer
DCU
Awards
President’s
Research Award Winner 2017
Richard
O’Kennedy Faculty Awards (Overall Winner) 2023
RECENT NEWS ITEMS
05-03-2025
I have been named an IOP Outstanding Reviewer for 2024. Details here.
19-2-2025
Congratulations to Séamus Cummins who successfully defended his PhD thesis
today.
14-2-2025
Congratulations to Stephen Durkan who successfully defended his PhD thesis
today.
31-01-2025
A paper entitled “Temporal and Spatial
Characteristics of a 13.6 nm EUV Light Source” by Stephen Durkan et al. has been accepted for
publication in the IOP journal Measurement Science
and Technology. Find the accepted manuscript here.
16-12-2024
Congratulations to Ross McGarry (supervisors Mary Pryce and myself) who
successfully defended his PhD thesis today. Ross has worked on both Bio and
EUVL molecules with Mary and myself.
06-12-2024
Seamus Cummins and Stephen Durkan submitted their PhD theses today.
30-11-2024
I have retired after 40 years in NIHED/DCU where it has been an honour, a privilege and a joy, in equal measure, to have
served in academic and administrative/ management/ leadership roles. I thank
all four Presidents, along with the Deans and Heads of Physics that I have
worked with. I also thank those FSH School Heads, Centre Directors, Associate
Deans and Faculty Office colleagues that supported me during my term as
Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Health (2011-2016). It was a
hugely rewarding experience to work with other Deans, VPs, DP (P at this date),
the COO and HR/Finance Directors from whom I learned a huge amount at academic,
professional and institutional levels. I am very grateful to the many
colleagues from across the University in Finance, HR, Registry, ISS, Research
Support (from Pre- through to Post-Award) and Estates that helped me in my
teaching, research and administrative roles over so many years. I especially
thank my many great current and past colleagues in the School of Physical
Sciences led by Eugene Kennedy since 1980. I wish the new leadership and
colleagues every success into the future. Needless to say,
research is an international business, and I have been lucky to have a
huge group of outstanding national and international collaborators who have
been central to any modicum of research success that I have had. Finally, it is
supporting all students, but especially research students and postdocs, that
drove my 40 years at NIHED/DCU. So, I thank all students, but especially the PG
research students, Interns and Postdocs that have given me so much joy and
support over the years. I look forward to getting some time to think about
research and especially research ideas over the coming years. When I have a
good one (or two), I’ll be back to relevant collaborators.
08-11-2024
New paper from collaborator Mary Pryce and her group including joint PhD
student Ross McGarry in the journal Biomacromolecules that can be
downloaded here.
01-11-2024
Governing Authority has awarded me the title of Professor (Emeritus) to
coincide with my retirement from DCU after 40 years of service in academic and
executive roles.
06-06-2024
Seamus Cummins has won the Grant Thornton High Achieving Merit
Award at
the 2024 Student Entrepreneur Awards held in UCC for his plan on wind
turbine inspection using AI driven machine
vision imaging – ‘Aero Beam’.
19-04-2024
Manuscript on EUV driven NL processes in Ne with
PhD student Stephen Durkan accepted by Journal of Physics B for a special edition on NL processes in XFEL fields edited by:
Martin
Beye, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Germany
Majed
Chergui, LACUS – EPFL, Switzerland
Claudio
Masciovecchio, FERMI - Elettra,
Italy
Cristian
Svetina, Fundacion IMDEA nanociencia,
Spain
06-03-2024
Stephen Durkan has a piece on the RTE Brainstorm website on Moore’s Law and EUV lithography, associated
with our SFI funded project with INTEL collaboration. You can read it here.
12-01-2024
Lazaros Varvarezos has left
DCU to return to Greece for military service and continue to build his career
in AMO physics. We thank Lazaros for the huge
scientific contribution that he made at DCU and MUT-Warsaw during his doctoral and
postdoctoral work and wish him every success in the future. We will continue to
collaborate with him.
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PUBLICATIONS
300+ Conference
Abstracts
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External
Research Funding 2012-2024 (Retirement Date) |
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|
Period |
Funding Agency/Programme |
Value |
Title of Research Project |
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2020-2024 |
Science Foundation Ireland Frontiers
Programme |
€650K |
Tracking Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in
Next Generation EUV Lithography (EUVL) Materials. |
|
2020-2024 |
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
RDD Programme |
€570K |
Laser
Ablation for Wind Turbine Blade Contaminant Classification, Quantification
and Removal |
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2017-2020 |
Science Foundation Ireland
Infrastructure Programme |
€1.1M |
Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Facility |
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2014-2016 |
EU Marie S Curie Fellowship |
€192K |
Stagnation Layers in Laser Based
Analytical Techniques |
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2013 - 2018 |
Science Foundation Ireland Investigator
Programme |
€690K |
Stagnation Layers for Analytical
Sciences |
|
2012 -2020 |
Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate |
€4.1M |
‘EXTATIC’ – EUV and X-ray Technology
and Training for Interdisciplinary Cooperation |
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2012 -2016 |
Int’l Research Staff Exchange Scheme - |
€306K |
UPPI – Ultrafast Photonic Processes and
Interactions. |
|
2012-2018 |
IRC Scholarships and Fellowships to
team |
€420K |
Various PhD and PD awards |
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Total |
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€8.028M |
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MEET (AT LEAST SOME OF) US
AT:
2025
DESY/XFEL Users Hamburg (January 22 – 24, 2025)
2024
TU-Munich (E11) Munich
(February 5 – 12, 2024)
LPHYS24 Sao Carlos, Brazil (July 3 – 9, 2024)
TU-Munich (E11) Munich
(September 23 – 30, 2024)
2023
DESY/XFEL Users Hamburg (January 23 – 27, 2023)
SEAI
Energy Show RDS, Dublin
(March 29 – 30, 2023)
IOP
Ireland Meeting Armagh, NI (11 March 2023)
UK XFEL Townhall QUB,
Belfast, NI (20 – 21 June 2023)
25th ISPPCC Ulm,
Germany (July 25 – 29, 2023)
FEMTO15 Berlin, Germany (July 30 – August 4,
2023)
12th EMSLIBS Porto,
Portugal (September 4 – 7, 2023)
Current Research Students
1. James Campbell (Funded by SEAI)
Laser Ablation for Wind Turbine
Blade Contaminant Classification, Quantification and Removal
2. Séamus Cummins (Funded by SEAI) – Thesis Submitted
Laser Ablation for Wind Turbine Blade Contaminant Classification,
Quantification and Removal
3. Stephen Durkan (Funded by SFI) –
Thesis Submitted
Dynamics
of new materials for EUVL
4. Ross McGarry (Funded by SFI) –
Thesis Defended
Dynamics
of new materials for EUVL (Joint with Mary Pryce)
5. Ross Murray (Funded by SEAI)
Laser Ablation for Wind Turbine Blade Contaminant Classification,
Quantification and Removal (Supervisors Paddy Hayden and Padraig Dunne [UCD])
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No |
Former Postdoctoral Fellows |
Former Research Students |
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1 |
Dr. Cormac McGuinness (with ETK) |
Richard Corcoran |
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2 |
Dr. Amit Neogi |
Martin Collins (Co-advisor
with JPM) |
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3 |
Dr. Mark Stapleton |
John Dardis |
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4 |
Dr. Hugo de Luna |
Lee Dardis |
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5 |
Dr. Deirdre Kilbane (with PVK) |
Barry Doyle |
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6 |
Dr. Kevin Kavanagh |
John Hirsch |
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7 |
Dr. Lynn Gaynor (with PVK) |
Padraig Hough |
|
8 |
Dr. Jofre Pedregosa |
Kevin Kavanagh |
|
9 |
Dr. Padraig Hough |
Oonagh Meighan |
|
10 |
Dr. Subhash Singh |
Matthew Shaw |
|
11 |
Dr. Paddy Hayden |
Brian Doohan |
|
12 |
Dr. Colm Fallon |
Vincent Richardson |
|
13 |
Dr. Mossy Kelly |
Caroline Banahan (2nd advisor with PVK) |
|
14 |
Dr. Pramod Pandey |
Jiang Xi (Joint
with ETK) |
|
15 |
Dr. Stephen Davitt (with P Hayden) |
Mossy Kelly |
|
16 |
Dr. Lazaros Varvarezos |
Colm Fallon (Joint
with ETK) |
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17 |
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Brian Sheehy
(Joint with Liam Barry) |
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18 |
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Nicky Walsh |
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19 |
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William Hanks
(Co-advisor with LN) |
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20 |
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Getasew Wubetu (Joint with Mossy Kelly,
H Fiedorowicz & W Skrzeczanowski) |
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21 |
|
Columb Doherty |
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22 |
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Stephen Davitt
(Joint with Mossy Kelly) |
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23 |
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Ben Delaney (Joint
with Eugene Kennedy) |
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24 |
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Lazaros Varvarezos (Joint with A Bartnik) |
|
25 |
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Hu Lu (Joint with
P Nicolosi/P Hayden) |
|
26 |
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Muhammad Bilal
Alli (Joint with P Hayden) |
|
27 |
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Syedah Sadaf Zehra (Joint with P Nicolosi/P Hayden) |
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28 |
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29 |
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30 |
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31 |
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List
of ‘EXTATIC’ Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Fellows (JC PI & Programme
Coordinator)
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Joint
Doctoral Candidates Funded by the EXTATIC EMJD |
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Candidate |
Home HEI Supervisor Lead |
Host HEI Supervisor Lead |
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1. Mewael Giday Sertsu |
Piergiorgio
Nicolosi (UniPD) |
Larissa Juschkin
(RWTH) |
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2. Muhammad Nawaz |
Alexander Jancarek
(CTU) |
Przemyslaw Wachulak (MUT) |
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3. Girum Beyene |
Gerry O’Sullivan (UCD) |
Larissa Juschkin
(RWTH) |
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4. Daniel Adjei Henryk |
Fiedorowicz
(MUT) |
Ladislav Pina (CTU) |
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5. Inam Ul Ahad |
Henryk Fiedorowicz
(MUT) |
Dermot Brabazon (CTU) |
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6. Hyun-Su Kim |
Larissa Juschkin
(RWTH) |
William S. Brocklesby (UoS) |
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7. Mesfin Ayele |
Henryk Fiedorowicz
(MUT) |
Dr. Ladislav
Pina (CTU) |
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8. Antonela Comisso |
Piergiorgio
Nicolosi (UniPD) |
Gerry O’Sullivan (UCD) |
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9. Magdalena Miszczak
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W. S. Brocklesby (UoS)
|
P. Nicolosi (UniPD) |
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10. Michal Odstrcil
|
Bill Brocklesby (UoS) |
Larissa Juschkin
(RWTH) |
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11. Ragava Lokasani |
Jiri Limpouch (CTU)
|
Gerry O’Sullivan(UCD) |
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12. Maksym Tryus |
Jiri Limpouch (CTU)
|
Gerry O’Sullivan(UCD) |
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13. Ahmed Gaballah |
Piergiorgio
Nicolosi (UniPD) |
Gerry O’Sullivan (UCD) |
|
14. Alfio Lorenzo Torrisi |
Henryk Fiedorowicz
(MUT) |
Jiri Limpouch (CTU) |
|
15. Domagoj Kos |
Padraig Dunne (UCD) |
Jiri Limpouch (CTU) |
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16. Ellie Floyd A Barte
|
Jiri Limpouch (CTU)
|
Gerry O’Sullivan (UCD) |
|
17. Ismail Saber |
Henryk Fiedorowicz
(MUT) |
Jiri Limpouch (CTU) |
|
18. Kety Jimenez |
Piergiorgio
Nicolosi (UniPD) |
Joachim Mayer (RWTH |
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19. Gladson Joseph |
Tom McCormack (UCD) |
Piergiorgio
Nicolosi (UniPD) |
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20. Daniel Vicario |
Joachim Mayer (RWTH) |
Thomas McCormack (UCD) |
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21. Haider Al Juboori
|
Padraig Dunne (UCD) |
Larissa Juschkin
(RWTH) |
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22. Nadeem Ahmed Malik |
Piergiorgio
Nicolosi (UniPD) |
Thomas McCormack (UCD) |
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23. Seyed Moein Ghafoori |
U. Klemradt (RWTH) |
P. Nicolosi (UniPD
- Padua) |
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24. Haoyan Lu |
Bill Brocklesby (UoS)
|
Uwe Klemradt (RWTH) |
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DCU Co-supervised EXTATIC doctoral
candidates |
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25. Hu Lu |
John Costello (DCU) |
Piergiorgio
Nicolosi (UniPD) |
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26. Katravulapally
Tejaswi |
Lampros
Nikolopoulos (DCU) |
Karol Janulewic
(MUT) |
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27. Getasew Admasu Wubetu |
John Costello (DCU) |
Henryk Fiedorowicz
(MUT) |
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28. Syedah Sadaf
Zehra |
John Costello (DCU) |
Piergiorgio
Nicolosi (UniPD) |
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29. Lazaros Varvarezos |
John Costello (DCU) |
Andrzej Bartnik
(MUT) |
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EXTATIC doctoral candidates funded
by other sources |
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30. Stephen Davitt |
John Costello (DCU) |
Mossy Kelly (ATU) |
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31. Muhammad Bilal Alli |
John Costello (DCU) |
Paddy Hayden (UCD) |
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32. William Hanks |
Lampros
Nikolopoulos (DCU) |
John Costello (DCU) |
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33. Jan Bussmann |
Larissa Juschkin
(RWTH) |
Peter Loosen (RWTH) |
Past Visiting Research
Students (EU MC, HEA North-South, SFI, UPPI, Naughton-Notre Dame & Other)
Nely Parvanova
(Sofia)
Philip Orr (Belfast)
Domenico Doria (Lecce)
Floralice Miroiu
(Bucharest)
Alice Delserieys
(Belfast)
Nadia Gambino (Catania)
Ricarda Laasch
(Hamburg)
Julien Witz (Paris-Palaiseau)
Raman
Namboodiri (Chennai)
Sudhakara Reddy (Chennai)
Ravi Singh (Kanpur)
Shyam Gupta (Kanpur)
Irene Maria
Carrasco Garcia (Malaga)
Aparna Neettiyath (Chennai)
Sean Howard
(Notre Dame)
Robert Black
(Notre Dame)
Patrick Colley (Notre Dame)
Former SFI STARs (Teachers) Former SFI UREKA Students
Dee
Kilbane (2007 & 2008) Mossy
Kelly (AP3 – 2007)
Stephen
Chaney (2008)
Deirdre is now Research Director at the SETU Walton Institute
Mossy
is now Assistant Professor at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU)
Stephen
changed careers and is now a medical doctor/general practitioner