A·卡瓦莱罗

Albano Cavaleiro is Full Professor in the University of Coimbra, Portugal. In 1990, he received a Ph.D. from Coimbra University on the field of Mechanical Engineering, with a thesis on the surface modification of materials by the sputtering deposition of thin coatings. Presently, he is President of Centre for Mechanical Engineering Materials and Processes of the University of Coimbra and head of the Laboratory of Tests Wear & Materials at Instituto Pedro Nunes. His field of research and publications is related with the degradation and protection of materials, in the following fields: Materials and Surface Engineering, Structural transformations, Deposition and characterization of thin films, Tribology, Nanocrystalline and nanocomposite materials, Biomaterials; Hard coatings, Mechanical characterization of thin films (depth sensing indentation), Corrosion and oxidation behaviour of thin coatings, Self-lubricating coatings. He participated in more than 60 research projects from which he was scientific responsible in more than 40. He was invited for talks in more than 60 international conferences. He supervises(d) 18 PhD students and have an extensive evaluating activity for national and international research agencies. He published more than 450 papers from which about 400 in international journals of SCI. He has now about 11000 citations and H index 54 (Google Scholar). He belonged to the executive committee of the Portuguese Materials Society from 2010 to 2019. He represents Portugal in the Joint European Committee on Plasma Surface Engineering and is currently member of the IUVSTA Surface Engineering Division on behalf of SOPORVAC (Vacuum Portuguese Society).