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First speaker announced for FEMS Junior EUROMAT 2022

First speaker announced for FEMS Junior EUROMAT 2022

Professor Rodrigo Martins, Professor in Materials Science Department of Faculty of Science and Technology of NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal, has been announced as the first speaker at ERC Grant Day on 20 July 2022 at FEMS Junior EUROMAT 2022....

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FEMS Junior EUROMAT 2022 is coming

FEMS Junior EUROMAT 2022 is coming

The Junior Euromat 2022 International Conference will be held from 19– 22 July 2022 at the University of Coimbra, the oldest in Portugal and one of the oldest in the world. We would like to invite you to participate in the conference. The scientific programme and...

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SOCIEMAT – World Materials Day 2021

SOCIEMAT – World Materials Day 2021

As in previous years, SOCIEMAT joined other member societies of FEMS to celebrate the World Materials Day. The World Materials Day event was hold at the Polytechnic University of Madrid on November 3. During the event the following talks were given by materials...

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FEMS appoints new President and Vice-President

FEMS appoints new President and Vice-President

Following a secret voting process, the General Assembly confirmed Assistant Professor Anna Zervaki (National Technical University of Athens) and Professor Aldo Boccaccini (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) as FEMS President and Vice-President respectively for...

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A fond farewell

A fond farewell

With FEMS EUROMAT 2021 coming to an end, we chat with our FEMS Immediate Past President (2020–2021) and FEMS EUROMAT 2021 Scientific Committee co-Chair, Paloma Fernández-Sánchez about her time working with FEMS and what she thought of this year’s virtual event....

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Calling for FEMS Junior EUROMAT 2022 abstracts

Calling for FEMS Junior EUROMAT 2022 abstracts

As FEMS EUROMAT 2021 draws to a close, we are pleased to announce the dates of the next Junior EUROMAT 2022 conference taking place on 19–22 July in Coimbra, Portugal hosted by Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais (SPM). Chair of the conference, Professor Sandra...

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FEMS EUROMAT 2021 going strong on day 4

FEMS EUROMAT 2021 going strong on day 4

Day four of EUROMAT 2021 had a great start with the plenary talk of Josef Fugger from Infineon Technologies Austria AG speaking on the 'Increasing relevance of materials science for the power semiconductor industry.' The plenary talk was introduced by FEMS EUROMAT...

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Day 3 of FEMS EUROMAT concludes

Day 3 of FEMS EUROMAT concludes

FEMS EUROMAT 2021 continues emulating the community with many attractive talks and discussions within the symposia, not forgetting the exhibition booths. The day started with the plenary talk given by Professor Claudia Draxl Einstein at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin...

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Day two of FEMS EUROMAT draws to a close

Day two of FEMS EUROMAT draws to a close

Day two of FEMS EUROMAT 2021 started with the plenary session and the presentation of FEMS Materials Innovation Prize awarded this year to Prof Elvira Fortunato from NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal. Assistant Prof Anna Zervak, FEMS Vice President, opened the session...

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Day one of FEMS EUROMAT 2021 begins

Day one of FEMS EUROMAT 2021 begins

Welcome all! Today, FEMS EUROMAT 2021 started successfully with opening and awards ceremonies. FEMS president Eric Le Bouhris opened the conference and introduced FEMS to the participants. In the following the two conference chairs, Paloma Fernández Sánchez and myself...

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