Alicia DURAN

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Dr. Alicia Durán obtained a degree in Physics from the National University of Córdoba in Argentina and a PhD in Physical Sciences from the UAM, developing her professional career at the Institute of Ceramics and Glass of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC). Research Professor of CSIC and the responsible of the GlaSS group (http://glass.icv.csic.es), with more than 270 publications in WOK, she was President of the International Commission on Glass (ICG) in the period 2018-2021. She received the Phoenix Award from the international glass industry, being named Glass Person of the Year 2019 and was also bestowed with the Otto-Schott Award 2022. She was the chair of the International Year of Glass 2022, approved by the GA of United Nations on May 18th 2021.