Dr. Libertat Abad Muñoz
Physical sciences, Physical Sciences and Technology
PD Dr. Katja Emmerich
Nominated by
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
- AcademiaNet member since 07.09.2012
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- Engineering, manufacturing and construction
Field
Agriculture, Physical sciences, Engineering and engineering trades , Environment
Area of specialisation
Natural resources, clay minerals, layered minerals
Research interests
Identification of structural features of layer silicates and their manipulation
Optimisation of natural resources in industry, including the ceramics, paper, and foundry industries
Water binding in layered minerals
Thermal analysis
Distinctions and Awards
3rd place, Reynolds Cup, 2008
Karl Jasmund Award from the German-Austrian-Swiss Clay Group (DTTG), 2004
Paul Ramdohr Prize from the German Mineralogical Society (DMG), 2003
Medal from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich for an outstanding dissertation, 2001
Interested in
- Lectures, Membership in scientific bodies, Professorship
Languages
English, German
Doctorate
- 2000: Die geotechnische Bedeutung des Dehydroxylierungsverhaltens quellfähiger Tonminerale ("The geotechnical importance of the dehydroxylation behaviour of swellable clay minerals")
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2010: Structure-functionality relation of clay minerals and clays in technical and geotechnical applications
Short CV/Education and training
- 1991Abitur (A-levels), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
- 1996Diplom degree in mineralogy, University of Leipzig, Germany
- 2000Doctorate (Dr. sc. techn.), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
- 2010Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
- 2000 – 2002German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
- Since 2002Competence Centre for Material Moisture and Institute of Functional Interfaces at KIT, head of the Applied Mineralogy section
Selected publications
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
Member of the expanded executive committee of the DTTG (German-Austrian-Swiss Clay Group), since 2008
Member of the scholarship selection committee of the German National Academic Foundation
Member of the technical committee Natural Resources of the German Ceramic Society, since 2001
Member of the scientific committee and the organisation committee for various conferences (for ex., German Mineralogical Society (DMG)/DTTG 2004, Competence Centre for Material Moisture (CMM) permanently since 2009, International Society for Electromagnetic Aquametry (ISEMA) 2013, Mid-European Clay Conference (MECC) 2014)
Member of the Clay Minerals Society (CMS), German-Austrian-Swiss Clay Group (DTTG), German Soil Science Society (DBG), German Mineralogical Society (DMG), (German) Association for Thermal Analysis (GEFTA)
Reviewer for Clays and Clay Minerals, Clay Minerals, American Mineralogist, Applied Clay Science, etc.
Soft Skills/Other activities and achievements
Additional interests
Swimming
Other activities and achievements/family
Married, with two children
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