Mark Ferguson Published: October 12, 2014

Looking for the big bang

Mark Ferguson- Picture: Jason Clarke

CV: Mark Ferguson

Ages: 58

Appearance: handsome and stylish, but perhaps a little harried lately

Lives: South Dublin

Family: wife Dr Sharon O’Kane, three daughters

Hobbies:: reading, walking the dog

Favourite Book: The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley

Professor Mark Ferguson unbuttons his cuffs and rolls up his shirt sleeves to reveal scars on his arms. The government’s chief scientific adviser and director-general of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) looks momentarily ...