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Yacamán has also made many contributions to Mexican science as Science Director of [[CONACyT]] (National Council of Science and Technology) during the nineties establishing many new programs that changed Mexican science.
Yacamán has also made many contributions to Mexican science as Science Director of [[CONACyT]] (National Council of Science and Technology) during the nineties establishing many new programs that changed Mexican science.


*Doctorate [[honoris causa]] [[Universidad Nacional de Córdoba]] (2012).<ref name="Doctorate Argentina">{{cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu.ar/seccion/novedades/2012/octubre/miguel-jose-yacaman-recibio-el-titulo-de-doctor-honoris-causa-de-la-unc|title=Miguel Jose-Yacaman - UNC|publisher=Jose-Yacaman|accessdate=2015-07-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706060603/http://www.unc.edu.ar/seccion/novedades/2012/octubre/miguel-jose-yacaman-recibio-el-titulo-de-doctor-honoris-causa-de-la-unc|archivedate=2015-07-06}}</ref>
*Doctorate [[honoris causa]] [[Universidad Nacional de Córdoba]] (2012)<ref name="Doctorate Argentina">{{cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu.ar/seccion/novedades/2012/octubre/miguel-jose-yacaman-recibio-el-titulo-de-doctor-honoris-causa-de-la-unc|title=Miguel Jose-Yacaman - UNC|publisher=Jose-Yacaman|accessdate=2015-07-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706060603/http://www.unc.edu.ar/seccion/novedades/2012/octubre/miguel-jose-yacaman-recibio-el-titulo-de-doctor-honoris-causa-de-la-unc|archivedate=2015-07-06}}</ref>
*Distinguished Scientist [[SACNAS]] (2012).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sacnas.org/news/sacnas-honor-six-leaders-science-research-mentoring-teaching |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-07-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430035709/http://sacnas.org/news/sacnas-honor-six-leaders-science-research-mentoring-teaching |archivedate=2015-04-30 }}</ref>
*Distinguished Scientist [[SACNAS]] (2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sacnas.org/news/sacnas-honor-six-leaders-science-research-mentoring-teaching |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-07-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430035709/http://sacnas.org/news/sacnas-honor-six-leaders-science-research-mentoring-teaching |archivedate=2015-04-30 }}</ref>
*[[List of American Physical Society prizes and awards|John Wheatley Award]] of the American Physical Society (2011).<ref>http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Yacaman&first_nm=Miguel&year=2011</ref>
*[[List of American Physical Society prizes and awards|John Wheatley Award]] of the American Physical Society (2011)<ref>http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Yacaman&first_nm=Miguel&year=2011</ref>
*Doctorate [[honoris causa]] Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León (2010).<ref name="Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León recognizes Yacamán’s global impact in nanotechnology">{{cite web|url=http://utsa-sciences.tumblr.com/post/1525934475/physics-researcher-miguel-yacaman-receives#sthash.Krd2dPR9.dpuf|title=Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León recognizes Yacamán's global impact in nanotechnology|access-date=2015-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706100601/http://utsa-sciences.tumblr.com/post/1525934475/physics-researcher-miguel-yacaman-receives#sthash.Krd2dPR9.dpuf|archive-date=2015-07-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Doctorate [[honoris causa]] Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León (2010)<ref name="Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León recognizes Yacamán’s global impact in nanotechnology">{{cite web|url=http://utsa-sciences.tumblr.com/post/1525934475/physics-researcher-miguel-yacaman-receives#sthash.Krd2dPR9.dpuf|title=Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León recognizes Yacamán's global impact in nanotechnology|access-date=2015-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706100601/http://utsa-sciences.tumblr.com/post/1525934475/physics-researcher-miguel-yacaman-receives#sthash.Krd2dPR9.dpuf|archive-date=2015-07-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Investigador Nacional de Excelencia [[CONACyT]] (2002).
*Investigador Nacional de Excelencia [[CONACyT]] (2002)
*[[Robert Franklin Mehl|Robert Franklin Melh Award]] and Distinguish lecture, The Metals and Materials Society USA (1997).
*[[Robert Franklin Mehl|Robert Franklin Melh Award]] and Distinguish lecture, The Metals and Materials Society USA (1997).
*National Prize of Sciences in Mexico (1992).
*National Prize of Sciences in Mexico (1992)
*Prize in Exact Sciences of the State of Mexico (1987).
*Prize in Exact Sciences of the State of Mexico (1987)
*National Prize in Exact Sciences of the [[Mexican Academy of Sciences]] (1982).<ref>http://www.amc.edu.mx/amc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128&catid=39&Itemid=80</ref>
*National Prize in Exact Sciences of the [[Mexican Academy of Sciences]] (1982)<ref>http://www.amc.edu.mx/amc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128&catid=39&Itemid=80</ref>


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Revision as of 17:07, 12 November 2020

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is José and the second or maternal family name is Yacamán.
Miguel José Yacamán
Born (1946-08-17) August 17, 1946 (age 78)
Córdoba, Veracruz, México
Nationality MEX Mexican
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials science, nanotechnology, physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
NASA Ames Research Center
University of Texas at San Antonio
Northern Arizona University

Miguel José Yacamán (born 1946 in Córdoba, Veracruz) is a Mexican physicist who has made many contributions to the fields of materials science, nanotechnology, and physics.

His research has focused on the correlation of structure and properties in nanomaterials and he has developed electron microscopy methods to study nanoparticles and 2-D materials. The present focuses of his work are to develop the nanoscale equivalent of high entropy alloys and new catalysts to produce cleaner fuels.[1]

He earned his Ph.D. in Physics in 1972 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and did his postdoctoral materials science studies at the University of Oxford. He was also a Postdoctoral Fellow at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View California from 1978-1979.

Yacamán became the director of the Institute of Physics from 1983-1991. He was the Reese Endowed Professor in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin from 2001-2008. In 2008, he joined The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to chair the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Sciences until 2018.

As of 2019, he is a professor of physics at Northern Arizona University.

Research

Yacamán has done research on the structure and properties of nanoparticles, including metals, semiconductors, and magnetic materials. He has also worked on synthesis and characterization of new materials (mainly nanoparticles), surfaces and interfaces, defects in solids, electron diffraction and imaging theory, quasicrystals, archaeological materials, catalysis and physics, and chemistry of asphaltenes.

Yacamán is the author of 9 books and over 550 technical papers with over 32,000 total citations. His work in nanoparticles opened a new era in electron microscopy of finite size. He has acted as associate editor of journals such as Acta and Scripta Metallurgica, Catalysis Letters, Journal of Nanostructured Materials, Microscopy Research, and Techniques and Materials Chemistry.

In June 2005, in collaboration with Jose Luis Elechiguerra (Fulbright Fellow), he published a groundbreaking paper on the inhibitory properties of silver nanoparticles against HIV-1. (Journal of Nanobiotechnology)

Honors and distinctions

Yacamán has held the Guggenheim Fellowship, and was awarded numerous prizes such as the National Prize of Sciences of Mexico and the Prize of the National Academy of Mexico in Exact Sciences. He is a member of the Mexican National Research System (level III), and in May 2003 he was appointed National Researcher of Excellence by CONACyT.

Yacamán has also made many contributions to Mexican science as Science Director of CONACyT (National Council of Science and Technology) during the nineties establishing many new programs that changed Mexican science.

References

  1. ^ "Applied physics and materials science: Miguel Jose Yacaman". Northern Arizona University.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Miguel Jose-Yacaman - UNC". Jose-Yacaman. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2015-07-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Yacaman&first_nm=Miguel&year=2011
  5. ^ "Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León recognizes Yacamán's global impact in nanotechnology". Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  6. ^ http://www.amc.edu.mx/amc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128&catid=39&Itemid=80
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