Otto Schott Research Award recognizes achievements in glass science
The 2022 Otto Schott Research Award has gone to two European researchers: Professor Alicia Durán from the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid, Spain, and Professor Daniel Neuville from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris at the University of Paris. The Ernst Abbe Fund’s Board of Trustees recognised both Duran and Neuville as, “Internationally renowned glass scientists, leaders amongst global industry and academic entities, who have given significantly to the glass community.” The prize is valued at €25,000 and is dedicated to outstanding scientific and technological achievements in glass, glass-ceramic, and related advanced materials. The award was presented for the 17th time on July 4, 2022, as part of the 26th International Congress of Glass in Berlin, Germany.
Awardee Professor Alicia Durán is a Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), former President of the International Commission on Glass (ICG), and Chair of the United Nations International Year of Glass 2022. She is considered one of the most distinguished and versatile researchers on functional glass coatings. Her research is characterised by a very successful transfer of knowledge about glass structure to innovative materials with optimised properties for new applications, such as the optimization of glass-ceramic seals for solid oxide fuel cells.
The second award winner, Professor Daniel Neuville, is highly regarded and recognised internationally for using various types of spectroscopy to develop new structural concepts for glass-like inorganic materials, especially at the interface between geomaterials, physics and chemistry. He has been a pioneer in bridging the gap between macroscopic properties (thermodynamics, physical properties) and structure or dynamics at the atomic or molecular level.
Image: Two European glass scientists - Professor Alicia Duran (second right) and Professor Daniel Neuville (third left) - received the 17th Otto Schott Research Award. The prize was awarded during the International Congress of Glass in Berlin. Photo: SCHOTT/ Matthias Michael Maria Bedenk.
