L. Pardo

Lorena Pardo was born in Madrid, Spain. She received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the “Universidad Complutense de Madrid,” Madrid, in 1982 and 1987, respectively. From 1984 to 1985, she was a Visiting Student with Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA. After this, she joined the Department of Ferroelectric Materials and become a Staff Member of the Spanish CSIC, Madrid, in 1989. She is Research Professor with the Materials Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). She was the Spanish Leader in several projects and Networks of the European Commission (EC) in collaboration with European industries. She has authored or coauthored some 220 publications on the topic. She works in the field of polycrystalline ferroelectric materials, processing, and multifunctionality. Dr. Pardo was a member either of the Organizer or the Scientific Committees of the Spanish “Reunión Nacional de Electrocerámica” from the First Edition in 1991 and Co-Chaired the Third Edition in 1997 and Fourth Edition in 1999. She was a Co-founder of the “Electrocerámica” Section, Spanish Society of Ceramics and Glass, in 1998. She contributed to establish the European Institute of Piezoelectric Materials and Devices (Piezo Institute) in 2008 and is the Chair of its Advisory Board.