Sir Francis Gerard McCormac, FRSE, FSA, FRSA, FHEA (born 1 August 1958) is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Stirling.

Previous roles include Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Queen's University Belfast[7] and Vice-Chairman of Invest Northern Ireland.

[8] He was born in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland on 1 August 1958, the eldest of seven children of Francis McCormac and Jean Heaney.

He specialised in remote sensing of the atmosphere using Fabry–Pérot interferometers to measure thermospheric wind speeds and temperatures to assess their relationship to the Interplanetary Magnetic Field.

As pro vice-chancellor (PVC) at Queen's from 2001 to 2010, he had responsibility for Academic and Financial Planning, Economic Development and External Affairs.