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New ISGS Board of Directors elected for the period 2026 – 2028

  We are delighted to announce the five newly elected members of the ISGS Board of Directors for 2026 – 2028. The new Board will welcome three Senior members: Prof. John Bartlett (Western Sydney University, Australia), Prof. Rogéria Rocha Gonçalves...

Changing of the Guard in the ISGS Board Introducing our New President and Vice President

Since its launch at the 2003 International Sol-Gel Conference in Australia, the ISGS has aspired to serve the community of sol-gel practitioners as an inter-disciplinary, non-profit organisation which provides a vibrant plat-form for supporting and advancing sol-gel science and technology....

ISGS Board of Directors Senior and ECR 2026-2028

ISGS Board Members PRESIDENT Dr. Beatriz Julián-López Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) at University Jaume I (UJI), Spain TREASURER Prof/Dr. Andrei JITIANU (Lehman College – City University of New-York – New-York, USA) VICE PRESIDENT Prof./Dr. Galo J. A. A. SOLER...

Meet the new members of the ISGS Board – Professor Nicola Hüsing

Over the next few issues of the ISGS Newsletter, we will present brief bios of the newest members of the ISGS Board, who were recently elected to guide the initiatives of the ISGS for the next six years. Our second...

Meet the new members of the ISGS Board – Professor Alessandro Martucci

Over the next few issues of the ISGS Newsletter, we will present brief bios of the newest members of the ISGS Board, who were recently elected to guide the initiatives of the ISGS for the next six years. Our first...

New ISGS Board of Directors 2022

  The composition of the ISGS board of directors has changed after the last election in 2022 We welcome the new members: – Prof. Alessandro Martucci   Università di Padova – Industrial Engineering Department (Italy) – Prof. Dr. Nicola Hüsing  ...

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus John D. Mackenzie

John D. Mackenzie, a professor emeritus of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering who made pioneering contributions to glass and ceramics processing, passed away on Feb. 19, after a short illness, he was 94. Professor...

New ISGS Board of directors

The composition of the ISGS board of directors has changed after the last election in Saint Petersbourg. We welcome the new members: – Dr. Beatriz Julián-López Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) at University Jaume I (UJI), Spain – Dr. Vladimir...

A new website and a new logo for the ISGS

Dear members, as you may have already seen, ISGS features a new website which is adaptive (it changes the appearance depending on the screen size and resolution used for visualization) and makes easier to update the contents. We hope you...

The new ISGS logo

A new logo of the international sol-gel society: deadline extended to 15th June The international sol-gel society launches a call to replace the actual logo with a new logomark (i.e. an image or symbol) and/or logotype (i. e. geometric shapes...