Supernumerary Member
Technological Sciences: PhD in Chemical and Materials Engineering
Date of admission: February 6, 2018
Admission speech: “Technological Advances in Oral Implantology: Towards Smart Dental Implants”
Reply speech: Dr. Jaime Rodrigo de Larrucea, PhD in Nautical Engineering
Dr. JAVIER GIL MUR
- Born in Barcelona, May 15, 1962.
TEACHING ACTIVITY
- Director of the Research Group Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering.
- Visiting Professor at the School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota (USA).
- Principal investigator in more than 35 European and 79 national research projects.
- Member of the UNESCO Chair in Biomaterials (Havana, Cuba).
- Director of the UPC-Klockner Chair in Dental Implants.
- Supervisor of 32 doctoral theses.
- Expert of the Interministerial Commission for Science and Technology of the Spanish Government in Materials (Biomaterials).
- Expert of the European Union in dental materials.
- Expert of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA.
- University of Havana (Cuba).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- President of the Iberian Society of Biomechanics and Biomaterials.
- Rector of the International University of Catalonia (UIC) since September 1, 2015.
- Current position: Full Professor.
- ORCID: 0000-0003-3265-5071.
- Full Professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).
- Vice-Rector for Scientific Policy at UPC.
- Commissioner of the Government of Catalonia and UPC for the creation of the Diagonal-Besòs Engineering Campus.
- Rector of the International University of Catalonia.
- Numerary Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors (RAED).
PUBLICATIONS
- Author of 10 books.
- More than 300 international publications in indexed journals.
- Over 250 presentations at international conferences.
- Author of 22 invention patents.
- Main Editor of the indexed journals Journal of Applied Biomechanics and Biomaterials and Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine.
- Reviewer for journals such as Biomaterials, Acta Biomaterialia, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, and Dental Materials, among others.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
- European Society for Biomaterials Award.
- Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry Award.
- Technology Transfer Award.
- Best Scientific Publication Award from the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine.
- Simó Virgili Award.
- Antonio Viladot Biomechanics Award.
- City of Barcelona Award.
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