Paolo Colombo

Paolo Colombo is a professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Italy, an adjunct professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, and a visiting professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of University College London. He was a Foreign Scientist at INSA, France in 2015 and a DFG Mercator Professor at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany in 2016. He is an Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics, Academician of the European Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Fellow of the European Ceramic Society. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the Pennsylvania State University, the Pfeil Award (IOM3, UK), the Global Star Award (ACerS), the Edward C. Henry Award (ACerS), the Verulam Medal & Prize (IOM3), the Global Ambassador Award (ACerS) and the Polish Ceramic Society Award. He is president-elect of the International Ceramic Federation (ICF) and is Editor-in-Chief of Open Ceramics.