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Ms Wanda Wolny
wanda.wolny@piezoinstitute.com
Ms Wanda Wolny is R&D managing director of Ferroperm Piezoceramics A/S (a manufacturer of piezoelectric ceramics), and of InSensor A/S (a piezoceramics thick film manufacturer). Wanda has been the convenor for a Standardisation Committee of CENELEC, resulting in three IEC standards. She is a member of European Commission’s Enterprise Policy Group – Business Chamber. She is also the president of the Piezo Institute. |
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Prof Markys Cain
markys.cain@piezoinstitute.com
Prof Markys Cain is Knowledge Leader for the Functional Materials Team at NPL and Principal Research Scientist for the Multifunctional Materials technical area at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory. His research activity includes the development of measurement methods to elucidate materials behaviour in ferroelectric and piezoelectric ceramics and thin film materials, and more recently in multiferroic materials and materials metrology for Spintronics and Energy Harvesting. He is the Piezo Institute director responsible for communication. |
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Prof Marc Lethiecq
marc.lethiecq@piezoinstitute.com
Prof Marc Lethiecq is Research Professor of electronics, optronics and systems at the University of Tours (France), where he works on ultrasonic transducers and piezoelectric material characterisation and modelling. His interests include piezoelectric thick film structures and their applications to high frequency ultrasonics; novel piezoelectric materials including porous, graded, lead-free, ferroelectric-relaxor and composites; and piezoelectric micro/nanosystems and their applications to energy harvesting and phononic crystals. He is the scientific coordinator of the Piezo Institute. |
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Dr Robert Dorey
robert.dorey@piezoinstitute.com
Dr Robert Dorey heads the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Centre at Cranfield University. He leads a research team examining functional ceramics, focusing on micro-scale processing and materials integration, fabrication and use of metallic and ceramic nanoparticles, and microstructure-property relationships. He is the director responsible for the Piezo Institute’s publications. |
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Prof Nava Setter
nava.setter@piezoinstitute.com
Prof Nava Setter is the director of the Ceramics Laboratory at EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne). Her research interests are focused on structure-property relationships in ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics materials in particular effects due to interfaces, size effects, and domain wall phenomena and pursuit of new applications based on the above. |
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Prof Marija Kosec
marija.kosec@piezoinstitute.com
Prof Marija Kosec is a senior research associate at the Jozef Stean Institute (Slovinia), and Head of its Electronic Ceramic Department. She is also Professor of Material Science at the University of Ljubljana. |
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Dr Alessandro Zanella
alessandro.zanella@piezoinstitute.com
Dr Alessandro Zanella is a senior researcher in the FIAT Research Centre Mechatronics unit, researching innovative products and systems based on the use of smart materials. His main fields of activity are piezoelectric transducers; shape memory alloys based actuators; SW and electronics development for control and testing of mechatronic systems; and power control of smart materials’ based actuators. |
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Dr Vismants Zauls
vismants.zauls@piezoinstitute.com
Dr Vismants Zauls is a senior researcher in the Ferrolectric Material Division at the Institute of Solid State Physics (University of Latvia). |
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Dr Konstantin Astafiev
konsantin.astafiev@piezoinstitute.com
Dr Konstantin Astafiev is R&D project manager of Ferroperm Piezoceramics A/S, a manufacturer of piezoelectric ceramics. His main area of responsibilities is the development of new environmentally friendly piezoelectric materials, and the coordination of related industrial and EU-funded projects at Ferroperm Piezoceramics A/S. He is also the scientific secretary of the Piezo Institute, responsible for daily operation, membership program, and preparation of financial documents. |
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Olivier Souchon
olivier.souchon@piezoinstitute.com
Olivier Souchon has responsibility for identifying and recruiting new members. He creates links between European industry and universities while developing institute services that meet market needs. He also builds new research collaborations with industry. He has worked in sales and marketing for 15 years with organisations as varied as Europcar, Le Figaro, France Telecom, DHL and Volvo Trucks. |
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