Nava Setter

Profesorica za znanost in inženirstvo materialov EPFL, Lausanne, Švica

Nava Setter je po doktoratu na Pennsylvania State University (1980) in podoktorskih izpopolnjevanjih v Oxfordu in Univerzi v Ženevi leta 1989 postala vodja Laboratorija za keramiko in profesorica materialov v Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). Od leta 2016 je zaslužna profesorica EPFL in gostujoča profesorica na Univerzi v Tel Avivu, Izrael.

Raziskovala je feroelektrično in piezoelektrično keramiko s poudarkom na povezavi med strukturo in lastnostmi in novimi možnostmi uporabe teh materialov. Objavila je okrog 500 člankov, ima okrog 20.000 citatov in H-indeks 71. Za svoje delo je prejela vrsto nagrad, med drugim nagrado IEEE za področje feroelektrikov. Je častna članica (»Fellow«) Švicarske akademije tehniških ved, zveze IEEE in Svetovne akademije keramike.

Dolgoletno sodelovanje s prof. Marijo Kosec z Odseka za Elektronsko keramiko Instituta Jožef Stefan je omogočilo mnogim študentom obiske v skupini prof. Setter, potekalo pa je tudi v okviru vrste evropskih projektov.

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

After a PhD from Pennsylvania State University (1980) and postdoctoral training at Oxford University and the University of Geneva, Nava Setter became Head of the Ceramics Laboratory and Professor of Materials at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in 1989. Since 2016, she has been an emeritus professor at EPFL and a visiting professor at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

She researched ferroelectric and piezoelectric ceramics, emphasizing the connection between structure and properties and the new possibilities of using these materials. She has published around 500 articles, has around 20,000 citations, and an H-index of 71. She has received many awards for her work, including the IEEE Award for Ferroelectrics. She is a Fellow of the Swiss Academy of Engineering, the IEEE, and the World Academy of Ceramics.

Long-term cooperation with Professor Marija Kosec from the Department of Electronic Ceramics of the Jožef Stefan Institute enabled many students to visit Professor Setter’s group and has also taken place as part of a series of European projects.