Adriana Cristina Serquis Explained

Adriana Cristina Serquis
Birth Date:	7 November 1967
Birth Place:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation:	Physicist
Office:	President of the National Atomic Energy Commission (Argentina)
President:	Alberto Fernández
Predecessor:	Osvaldo Calzetta
Term Start:	4 June 2021

Adriana Cristina Serquis (born 7 November 1967) is an Argentine physicist, the president of the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), and principal researcher of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). In 2014, she received the L'Oréal-UNESCO National Award For Women in Science for her contribution to the rational use of electrical energy.

Biography

Adriana Cristina Serquis was born in Buenos Aires on 7 November 1967.^[1] She took an interest in physics at an early age.

She earned a licentiate in physical sciences at the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires in 1993, and a doctorate in physical sciences at the Balseiro Institute in 2000.^[2]

From 1994 to 2000, she was a fellow of the CNEA and CONICET. From 2001 to 2003, she was a post-doctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States.^[1]

As CONICET's principal researcher at the CNEA's Bariloche Atomic Center, her line of research was framed in developing advanced techniques for characterizing materials for clean energies, where she studied the synthesis and characterization of superconducting materials and nanometric oxides for high temperature fuel cells.^[2]

She also served as an adjunct professor at the Andean Headquarters of the National University of Río Negro, dictating materials for the chemistry program, and as a visiting professor at the Balseiro Institute.^{[2] [3]}

She is president of the Argentine Crystallography Association and a member of the administrative council of the .^{[4] [5]}

She was named president of the CNEA on 4 June 2021.^[6]

Awards

• 2006: Bernardo Houssay Young Researcher Award^[7]
• 2013: Merit Diploma in Nanotechnology from the Konex Foundation^[1]
• 2014: L'Oréal-UNESCO National Award For Women in Science^{[3] [8]}

Selected publications

• "Effect of lattice strain and defects on the superconductivity of MgB2", A Serquis, YT Zhu, EJ Peterson, JY Coulter, DE Peterson, FM Mueller, Applied Physics Letters 79 (2001), 4399–4401.
• "Strongly enhanced current densities in superconducting coated conductors of YBa2Cu3O7–δ+ BaZrO3", JL MacManus-Driscoll, SR Foltyn, QX Jia, H Wang, A Serquis, L Civale, Nature Materials 3 (2004), 439–443.
• "High performance nanostructured IT-SOFC cathodes prepared by novel chemical method", L. Baqué, A. Caneiro, M. S. Moreno, A. Serquis, Electroch. Comm. 10 (2008) 1905.
• "Vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films as a cathode-electrolyte interface layer for thin film solid oxide fuel cells", S.M. Cho, J.S. Yoon, J.H. Kim, Z.X. Bi, A. Serquis, X.H. Zhang, A. Manthiram, and H.Y. Wang, Advanced Functional Materials 19 (2009) 3868–3873.
• "Synthesis and structural characterization of Co-doped lanthanum strontium titanates", F. Napolitano, D. G. Lamas, A. Soldati, A. Serquis, IJHE 37 (2012) 18302–18309.

External links

• Adriana Serquis at the Bariloche Atomic Center

Notes and References

1. Web site: Adriana C. Serquis . . Spanish . 2021-08-10.
2. Web site: La física Adriana Serquis expondrá sobre el Día de la Mujer en el primer coloquio del Balseiro del 2021 . The Physicist Adriana Serquis Will Speak About Women's Day at the Balseiro's First Colloquium of 2021 . . Spanish . 2021-03-10 . 2021-08-10.
3. Web site: Distinguen a la Dra. Adriana Serquis por su aporte al uso racional de la energía eléctrica . Dr. Adriana Serquis is Recognized for Her Contribution to the Rational Use of Electrical Energy . . Spanish . 2014-11-17 . 2021-08-10.
4. Web site: Autoridades . Argentine Crystallography Association . Spanish . 2021-08-10.
5. Web site: Consejo de administración . Administrative Council . Argentine Nanotechnology Foundation . Spanish . 2021-08-10.
6. News: Adriana Serquis es la nueva presidenta de la Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica . Adriana Serquis is the New President of the National Atomic Energy Commission . . Spanish . 2021-06-05 . 2021-08-10.
7. News: Platos que fueron bien lavados . Plates That Were Well Cleaned . . Spanish . 2007-11-28 . 2021-08-10.
8. Web site: L'Oréal Argentina entregó el Premio Nacional L'Oréal-Unesco Por las Mujeres en la Ciencia 2014 . L'Oréal Argentina Presents the 2014 L'Oréal-UNESCO National Award For Women in Science . L'Oréal Argentina . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20180317232726/http://www.loreal.com.ar/media/novedades/loreal-argentina-entrego-el-premio-nacional-loreal-unesco-por-las-mujeres-en-la-ciencia-2014-5784.htm . 2018-03-17 . dead . 2021-08-10.