During the last meeting of the European Ceramic Society, hold in Limoges, Professor from the Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (ICV-CSIC) Jose Francisco Fernández Lozano, has been nominated Fellow Member of the mentioned society. This award has to be joined to the Golden Epsilon (Epsilon de Oro), award that was announced during the last National Meeting on Electroceramics (Reunión Nacional de Electrocerámica) in Zaragoza.
Prof. Fernandez possesses a large experience in ceramic processing of functional ceramics which properties are based on complex micro and nanostructures. The research activities have crystallized in the development of several concepts in functional ceramics and nanotechnology as: surface modification of ceramic particle; grain boundaries engineering of semiconductor ceramics; sintering and tailoring of lead free piezoceramic; Confocal Raman Microscopy of ceramics; proximity effects in the nanoscale; dry nanodispersion of metal oxides; functionalization of traditional ceramics through nanotechnology; and unusual properties in nanostructured ceramics. His interests are focussed in the development of advanced ceramics to be integrated in smart systems. For this reason the knowledge transfer activities are intensively pursuit.
He is coauthor of 210 ISI publications with more than 2200 cites (H index: 24), more than 42 invited talks. 19 patents (13 patents under exploitation) and the foundation of a spin-off company in functional micro-nanoparticles. He has supervised 13 Ph. D’s. He has been Principal investigator in 61 projects including: 11 basic science projects, 14 technology transfer projects, 3 EU FP7 projects and 33 industrial projects. The competitive founding in the period 2008-2012 obtained as P.I. are over 2.3 M€.