In Honor of Nobel Laureate Dr. Aaron Ciechanover
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On Geochemistry for Sustainable Development (4th Intl. Symp.)
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Dr. Florian Kongoli holds 3 degrees: a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science/University of Montreal, Canada and a Doctor of Science Degree/Tohoku University, Japan. Since 1996 he is CEO of FLOGEN Technologies Inc.,(www.flogen.com) a Sustainable High Tech applied research institute
Matteo Alvaro, 41 years old, is currently a Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Pavia, Italy where since 2019 he is Rector delegate for international affairs and vice president of the center for Global and Strategic Engagement (GLOBEC). Professor Alvaro received his BSc, MSc and PhD from the University of Pavia. After a period as a post-doc at Virgina Tech, University of Chieti and University of Padua, he joined the faculty at University of Pavia. Prof. Alvaro is a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA). He is elected for the second mandate as council member of the Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia.
Gilberto Artioli is a professor of mineralogy, crystallography and materials science at the University of Padova. He received a Laurea Degree from the University of Modena and a PhD from the University of Chicago. His interests focus on mineralogy, crystallography and materials science. His scientific expertise encompasses the use of combined techniques, including those based at large scale facilities, for the investigation of complex materials, including natural and industrial materials. His recent interests concern the application of advanced characterization techniques to cultural heritage materials and processes.
Mark Asta received his PhD in an interdisciplinary Materials Physics program from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1993. He subsequently joined Sandia National Laboratories at Livermore, CA, as a postdoctoral researcher and then as a senior member of technical staff beginning in 1995. He joined the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, as an Associate Professor in 2000. In 2005 he joined the University of California, Davis, as a full Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, where he served as vice-chair from 2008-2009. In 2010 he joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as Department Chair from July, 2015 – January, 2018, and where in 2015 he was named the Arthur C. and Phyllis G. Oppenheimer Professor in Advanced Materials Analysis. Professor Asta is also a member of the Materials Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he has been a Faculty Scientist since 2010, and Division Director since January, 2018.
Professor Shmuel (Shmulik) Hayun has been an Associate Professor at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. His current research focuses on two main areas – the development of advanced ceramics for structural, functional, and energy-related applications and the thermochemistry and thermophysical properties of multi-component alloys. Professor Hayun received Ph. D. degree in 2009 from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. From 2009 to 2011, he was with Peter A. Rock Thermochemistry Laboratory, University of California, Davis, USA, as a Postdoc. In 2011, he returned to Israel and became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva. In 2016, he became an Associate Professor. In 2017 He spent one year as a visiting professor in Peter A. Rock Thermochemistry Laboratory, University of California, Davis, USA. During this visit, he developed together with Prof. Navrotsky a new methodology for measuring the enthalpy of formation from elements of multi-principal element alloys (MPEA) based on high-temperature oxidative calorimetry. He has published more than 100 journal and conference papers as the first or corresponding author. He is a member of the editorial board of Materials in the section board of advanced composites. He also serves as a guest editor and Dr. Sergey Ushakov from ASU for a special issue, "Thermal Analysis of Materials," through MDPI. His work on reaction-bonded boron carbide for lightweight armor: The interrelationship between processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties was published as a cover story In the American Ceramic Society Bulletin in 2017.
Alexandra Navrotsky, 80, was educated at the Bronx High School of Science and the University of Chicago (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in chemistry). After postdoctoral work in Germany and at Penn State University, she joined the faculty in Chemistry at Arizona State University, where she worked with a leading-edge team in materials science and geochemistry until her move to the Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences at Princeton University in 1985. She chaired that department from 1988 to 1991 and was active in the Princeton Materials Institute. In 1997, she became an Interdisciplinary Professor of Ceramic, Earth, and Environmental Materials Chemistry at the University of California Davis and was appointed Edward Roessler Chair in Mathematical and Physical Sciences in 2001. She directed the organized research unit on Nanomaterials in the Environment, Agriculture and Technology (NEAT) from 1999 to 2019.Professor Navrotsky rejoined the ASU faculty in 2019 as Professor in the School of Molecular Sciences and the School of Engineering, Matter, Transport and Energy. She is director of the Center for Materials of the Universe at ASU, a cross-disciplinary center which brings together planetary science and materials science.
Professor Ralf Riedel has been a Full Professor at the Institute of Materials Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt from 1993. His current research focuses on two main areas – the molecular synthesis of advanced ceramics for structural, functional and energy-related applications and the ultrahigh pressure synthesis of novel inorganic nitride based materials.
Nancy Ross, 66, is currently a Professor in the Department of Geosciences and Materials Science and Engineering Department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (“Virginia Tech”) in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. Professor Ross received her B.S. from Virginia Tech, her M.S. from the University of British Columbia and her Ph.D. from Arizona State University. After postdoctoral work at Stony Brook University and the Carnegie Institution of Washington, she joined the faculty at University College London, England. In 2000, she came full circle, returning to the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Tech as a full professor. She served as the first Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the newly-formed College of Science at Virginia Tech from 2003 to 2012. She chaired the Department of Geosciences from 2012 to 2017. 
Professor Basilios Tsikouras was educated at the University of Patras, Greece (BSc and PhD in Geology). After working as a Geologist in construction and teaching at high schools, he was appointed to the Department of Geology at the University of Patras, Greece, where he worked until 2017, eventually as an Associate Professor. Since 2013, he has been working at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), where he is currently a Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology in the Geosciences Programme and the Director of Research in the Office of Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Sustainability. He previously served as Head of the Physical & Geological Sciences Department in UBD, as well as the Faculty of Science, UBD, as the Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs and of Graduate Studies and Research.
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