Professor O’Shea is Vice President for Research, and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland.

Previously he has served as Chair of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Executive Director of the Center for Applied Electromagnetics, Co-Director of the Maryland Cyber Security Center; Director of the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, all at the University of Maryland; Project Leader at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and on the faculty of Duke University.

He was born in Cork, Ireland, and holds a B.Sc. degree in Physics from the University College Cork, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland. He holds affiliate appointments in the Department of Physics, the Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics, the Maryland NanoCenter, and the Maryland Energy Research Center.

He played a leading role in the founding of the Maryland NanoCenter, the Maryland Center for Applied Electromagnetics, and the Maryland Cyber Security Center.

Professor O’Shea’s technical expertise lies in the field of applied electromagnetics, and particle accelerators for applications in medicine, nanoscience, high energy physics, and energy. He has published over 200 scientific articles.

In recognition of his leadership in science, engineering and education he has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher of the University of Maryland.