Title: The magnetocaloric effect of multiphase materials and nanostructures

Speaker: Victorino Franco, University of Seville

Time: 9:00 a.m., September 22, 2013

Venue: Conference Room 205, Building 14, SCUT North Campus

Sponsor: School of Materials Science and Engineering

Introduction to Professor Victorino Franco:

Current position: Full Professor (“Catedrático de Universidad”).

Condensed Matter Physics Department. Sevilla University

Since June 2012

Previous positions:

-Research Fellow. Sevilla University, Sevilla (Spain). Funded by Camara Foundation. 1995-1999

-Assistant Professor (not tenured). Condensed Matter Physics Department. Sevilla University, Sevilla (Spain). 10/20/1999-05/12/2004

-Associate Professor (tenured). Condensed Matter Physics Department. Sevilla University, Sevilla (Spain). 05/12/2004-06/24/2012

Education:

· “Licenciado en Fisica” (5 years degree in Physics); Sevilla University, Sevilla (Spain). 1989-1994

· Ph.D. in Physics; Sevilla University, Sevilla (Spain). 1994-1999.

Awards:

· “Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado” (PhD Thesis Extraordinary Award). Sevilla University. 1999

· Young Scientist Award. Spanish Royal Physical Society. 2000

· Young Scientist Award. Royal Order of Chivalry of Sevilla. 2005

Publications: more than 115 papers in international refereed journals

Editor: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions E: Materials for Energy Systems (Springer)