Alicia Durán (edicion)

Affiliation: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (Madrid, España).

Biography: Alicia Durán se licenció en Física por la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba en Argentina y se doctoró en Ciencias Físicas por la UAM. Desarrolló su carrera profesional en el Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), donde trabaja desde 1978. Es profesora de investigación del CSIC y responsable del grupo GlaSS (http://glass.icv.csic.es), grupo de excelencia del CSIC. Cuenta con más de 250 publicaciones en WOK, 13 libros y 15 capítulos de libros. Ha sido presidenta de la Comisión Internacional del Vidrio (ICG) entre 2018 y 2021 y recibió el Premio Phoenix de la industria internacional del vidrio, siendo nombrada Persona de Vidrio del Año 2019. Es también Otto-Schott Award 2022, el premio de mayor prestigio internacional en el campo del vidrio. En la actualidad lidera el Año Internacional del Vidrio 2022 (IYOG2022), aprobado por la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas el 18 de mayo de 2021.

John M. Parker (edicion)

Affiliation: Not available

Biography: Academic career began at Boston Grammar School. He left in 1964 as Parry Gold Medalist and with a Scholarship to Cambridge, to study Natural Sciences. There he specialized in Mineralogy; graduating with a first class MA, followed by a PhD and 2 years as a post-doc. Next a lectureship in Sheffield beckoned (1972), focusing on glasses; he has since published 200 papers and books on various aspects of the subject. For 12 years he was also responsible for student admissions to the materials and biomaterials courses, then became course director; he helped develop new Aerospace Materials and Biomedical Engineering degrees. He assisted for several years with the administration of part-time MSc courses for glass industry employees. In 2009 John received a Service Excellence Award, by student nomination and also retired, becoming Professor Emeritus. He still teaches, curates the glass collection in the Turner Museum and talks to numerous visiting Societies. He is an honorary member of the SGT, the DGG and an honorary Liveryman of the Glass Sellers Company. For over 20 years he worked with the ICG, receiving their Turner prize and President’s award. He has taught at 20 International ICG Schools in China, France and India Recently he has been immersed in the 2022 UN International Year of Glass which has limited the time available for his hobby of gardening!

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