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...
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...
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....
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...
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...