Our Speakers at the MSE Congress

Our experts will provide insightful talks regarding the recent developments and challenges in the design, characterization, and modeling of new dielectric materials for energy storage, with a particular focus on antiferroelectrics.

Lattice Dynamics and Intermediate Phases in Antiferroelectric Perovskites

Elena Buixaderas Institute of Physics Department of Dielectrics Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

Education and work experience

1993: Bachelor of Sciences (specialization in Optical Physics and Astrophysics) from the University of Zaragoza, Spain

2001: Ph Doctor in Physics, Basque University, SPAIN (Thesis on Spectroscopic investigation of lattice dynamics and its disorder in ferroelectric and related materials)

2001 – 2002: Junior researcher in the Department of Dielectrics, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague

2002 – 2003: Post-doc researcher in CNRS-CNRHT, Orleans, France

Since 2005: Senior researcher in the Department of Dielectrics, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

Awards:

2005 Otto Wichterle Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Fellowships:

  • 2002 (15 months) Postdoctoral position Le Studium in CNRS-CNRHT Orleans France (Raman spectroscopy at very high temperatures)
  • 1997-2001 (4 years) Scholarship from the Department of Researching of the Government of the Basque Country, Spain, for doctoral studies in the Institute of Physics in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 1996 (12 months) Scholarship from the Foreign Department of Spain to study in the Institute of Physics in Prague, Czech Republic.

Research areas:

Raman scattering, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, time-domain THz spectroscopy, phase transitions, phonons, lattice dynamics, ferroelectrics, multiferroics, relaxors, composites, phase change materials, biocompatible materials.

Miscellanea:

  • Author and co-author of 68 scientific publications in refereed journals (including 3 review papers, one chapter in a monograph) with about 1200 citations, h-index 18.
  • More than 100 participations in international conferences and workshops, including 20 invited talks.
  • Current reviewer for IOP, AIP, Elsevier, Springer journals.
  • Board Member of the Structural And Dynamical Properties Of Solids section in Condense Matter division of EPS.
  • Evaluator of scientific EU projects.
  • Mentor of numerous students at the Institute of Physics, with regular participation in outreach and soft skills programs
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