Barry McSweeney (died 22 October 2014[1][2]) was an Irish scientist who was the first Chief Science Advisor to the Government of Ireland.
In 1994,[3] he received a PhD degree in Biochemistry and Biotechnology from Pacific Western University, an unaccredited institution in the United States.
He also worked as Director of Medical Business for Biocon Biochemicals in Cork and Sées, France, and as European Product Development Manager for the American Hospital Supply Corporation.
[4] From 2000 to 2004, McSweeney headed the Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of European Commission, an organisation of 2,400 staff and with a budget of 340 million euro.
[8] In 2003 he received the Great Gold Medal of Comenius University in Bratislava for his contributions to European Union enlargement.