Prof. Miguel Á. Alario-Franco (born 1942) is Emeritus professor at Universidad
Complutense in Madrid (UCM) where he obtained a D.Sc. in 1970 and a professorship in
1976. A pioneer in the development of Solid-State Chemistry both as an academic discipline
and as a research topic in Spain and abroad, he founded at UCM the Solid-State Chemistry
group in 1974, including the High-Pressure Synthesis and the Electron Microscopy
Laboratories and headed it between 1974 and 2012. His wide and positive mentoring
activities benefited a large number of scientists, over 150, many of them foreigners, in
particular Ibero-American, including 17 from Mexico.
Member (1991-) and past-President (2009-2012) of the Royal Academy of Sciences
of Spain, he is also Honorary member of the Materials Research Society of India (1998-), CMember of the Academy of Sciences of the República Argentina (2008-), H-Member
Academy of Sciences of Colombia (2010-) H-Fellow of the University of Aberystwyth
(2015) and member of the EURASC (2018-). Co-author, with J.L. Vicent, of the first text on
Superconductivity in the Spanish language and co-editor of six meetings Proceedings.
Among the different research lines that he has developed, stand out his studies on
Materials Synthesis, Non-stoichiometry and Extended Defects, and also the Relationships
between Structure, Microstructure, Composition and Properties of Non-Molecular Materials,
mainly, but not exclusively, High Tc Superconductors and Ionic Conductors.
Amongst the Prizes and awards that he has received, one can mention the Rey Jaime
I Prize on Materials Science (1991). The México Prize in Science and Technology (2009).
The Senior Research Award of the Spanish Solid-State Chemistry and Physics Conferences
(2010). The Miguel Catalán Prize of Madrid (2010) and the Gold & Diamonds Medal of
Madrid Autonomous Community Chemist’s College (2016).
Prof. Miguel Alario-Franco, Receiving the Fray International Award from Dr. Florian Kongoli at FLOGEN SIPS 2022
Dr. Florian Kongoli congratulating Prof. Miguel Alario-Franco on his award at FLOGEN SIPS 2022
Prof. Miguel Alario-Franco, Delivering his acceptance speech to Dr. Florian Kongoli during the FLOGEN SIPS 2022 ceremony
FLOGEN SIPS 2022 Awards: Dr. Miguel Angel Alario Franco, Professor, Universidad Complutense, Spain