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Mercedes Santiago Calvo, researcher at CellMat Laboratory, presented her PhD thesis entitled “Synthesis, foaming kinetics and physical properties of cellular nanocomposites based on rigid polyurethane” on 7th November 2019. This thesis was supervised by Prof. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Pérez and Prof. Fernando Villafañe González and is part of the CellMat Laboratory research activities about polyurethane foams.

The thesis received Excellent-Cum Laude calification.

CellMat celebrates 20 years since its foundation in 1999. Over these two decades, CellMat has published more than 230 papers in international journals. Besides, 31 PhD students have presented their thesis in CellMat Laboratory up to 2019. As a result of these activities and the continuous efforts of the CellMat team, nowadays CellMat is one of the reference laboratories in the field of foams all over the world.

To celebrate this achievement, the CellMat team visited a wine cellar in Peñafiel (Valladolid) and had a traditional Castile lunch in this beautiful village.

Beatriz Merillas Valero, PhD student at CellMat Laboratory, was one of the winners of the event Three Minutes Thesis of the University of Valladolid in the year 2019. She presented the work entitled «Air bricks to build the future» («Ladrillos de aire para construir el futuro»).

Judith Martín de León, researcher at CellMat Laboratory, presented her PhD thesis entitled “Understanding the Production Process of Nanocellular Polymers Based on PMMA Driven by a Homogeneous Nucleation” on 4th October 2019. This thesis was supervised by Prof. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Pérez and is part of the CellMat Laboratory research activities about nanocellular polymers.

The thesis received Excellent-Cum Laude calification.

A paper presented by a CellMat team was recognized with the Best Paper Award in the FOAMS 2019 Conference in Valladolid, Spain. The paper was presented in the conference by Victoria Bernardo García, with Judith Martín de León, Javier Pinto Sanz and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Pérez as coauthors.

Judith Martín de León, PhD student of CellMat Laboratory, wins the second-place Poster Award in a competition between the different students who presented a poster in the FOAMS 2019 Conference in Valladolid, Spain.

Eduardo López González, PhD student of CellMat Laboratory, wins the third-place Poster Award in a competition between the different students who presented a poster in the FOAMS 2019 Conference in Valladolid, Spain.

Judith Martín de León and Mercedes Santiago Calvo, PhD students of CellMat Laboratory, win the Reedy Scholarsip Award of the Foams 201 Conference in Valladolid, Spain.

The FOAMS® 2019 conference was held on October 2–3, 2019 at the Convent of Agustinos Filipinos in Valladolid, Spain. The conference was a succesful event organized by CellMat Laboratory with more than 80 people attending the conference, 28 technical talks given by proffesional speakers and 15 posters.

The FOAMS® 2019 tutorial was held on September 30-October 1, 2019 at the Parque Cientifico building of the Scientific Park of the University of Valladolid in Valladolid, Spain. This location is inside the campus of the University and allowed the assistants to visit CellMat Laboratory which is located in the same campus.

For more information visit the website: https://www.4spe.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=4571

Victoria Bernardo García, researcher at CellMat Laboratory, presented her PhD thesis entitled «Production and Characterization of Nanocellular Polymers Based on Nanostructured PMMA Blends and PMMA Nanocomposites» on 23rd July 2019. This thesis was supervised by Prof. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Pérez and is part of the CellMat Laboratory research activities about nanocellular polymers.

The thesis received Excellent-Cum Laude calification.