Adrian Guckian has been hired by Ocean Optics to lead its Sensors business unit, the optical sensing products maker announced Tuesday.

Guckian spent five years with Dublin-based Gas Sensor Solutions, serving as chemicals and materials manager and, later, as general manager. He also has worked as a management consultant in the biotech and health care fields and, most recently, was head of the School of Business and Law at Dublin Business School.

Guckian holds a BS in pure and applied chemistry and a doctorate in inorganic chemistry from Dublin City University, as well as an Executive MBA from the Smurfit School of Business, University College Dublin.

As director of the Sensors business, Guckian will lead the company’s global sensors team in developing new products, such as high-volume, low-cost sensor platforms for new markets, the company said.

For more information, visit: www.oceanopticssensors.com