Materials | Annual Meeting of Editorial Board Members Based in Spain Summary
MDPI offices in Belgrade and Barcelona joined hands to host a meeting for Editorial Board Members of the Materials (ISSN: 1996-1944) based in Spain. The meeting was held in Madrid on 10 December 2025.
We are grateful for their attendance and valuable feedback and look forward to further strengthening our collaboration with academics in Spain and around the globe. With simultaneous participation both online and offline, the meeting started with a short introduction to the scholars attending, which continued with the presentation of the recent journal report and then concluded with an insightful discussion on the journal’s current status and its further development in collaboration with scholars.
It was a pleasure to meet with the scholars representing our Editorial Board.
Attendee List Information (In No Particular Order)
| Name | Role | Section | Affiliation |
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Prof. Dr. Konstantin Neyman |
Chair of the Meeting; |
Catalytic Materials |
1 Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTC-UB), Universitat de Barcelona; |
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Prof. Dr. Marta Palacios |
Section Board Member |
Construction and Building Materials |
Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science (IETcc-CSIC) |
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Dr. Miguel Ángel Sanjuán |
Section Board Member |
Construction and Building Materials |
Department of Science and Technology of Building Materials, Civil Engineering School, Technical University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain |
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Dr. Olga Rodríguez Largo |
Section Board Member |
Manufacturing Processes and Systems |
CSIC - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalurgicas (CENIM) |
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Dr. A. Javier Sanchez-Herencia |
Section Board Member |
Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses |
CSIC - Instituto de Ceramica y Vidrio (ICV) |
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Prof. Dr. Jesús Toribio |
Section Board Member |
Advanced Materials Characterization |
Fracture and Structural Integrity Research Group (FSIRG), University of Salamanca |
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Prof. Dr. Andrés Sotelo |
Section Board Member |
Materials Physics |
INMA (CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza) |
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Prof. Dr. Eugenio Velasco-Ortega |
Section Board Member |
Biomaterials |
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville |
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Prof. Dr. José Ramón Ares Fernández |
Section Board Member |
Energy Materials |
MIRE Group, Department of Physics of Materials, Autonomous University of Madrid |
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Prof. Dr. Carlos Leiva |
Section Board Member |
Construction and Building Materials |
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Sevilla |
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Prof. Dr. José Miguel Martín Martínez |
Section Board Member |
Advanced Composites |
Adhesion and Adhesives Laboratory, University of Alicante |
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Prof. Dr. Javier Gil |
Section Editor-in-Chief |
Biomaterials |
Department of Ciencia e Ingeniería de Materiales, Escola d'Enginyeria Barcelona Est, Technical University of Catalonia |
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Dr. Jon Alvarez |
Section Board Member |
Advanced Materials Characterization |
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU |
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Prof. Dr. Lorena Pardo |
Section Board Member |
Energy Materials |
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
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Prof. Dr. Victor M. García-Suárez |
Section Board Member |
Materials Physics |
Department of Physics, University of Oviedo |
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Prof. Dr. Francisco Agrela |
Section Board Member |
Construction and Building Materials |
Construction Engineering Area, University of Córdoba |
Materials was glad to host the meeting not only to gain feedback from our Academic Editors on the journal development, but also to strengthen its link with the academic community.
We would like to use this opportunity to invite you to read some of the publications and Special Issues in Materials from our Editorial Board Members.
Special Issues:
- “Feature Papers in Materials Physics (2nd Edition)”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Vlassios Likodimos and Prof. Dr. Andres Sotelo - “Additives/Admixtures, Hydration Process and Durability Research (3rd Edition)”
Guest Editors: Dr. Jurgita Malaiškienė and Prof. Dr. Carlos Leiva
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 - “Advances in New Alloys, Polymers and Composites for Biomedical Applications”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Javier Gil, Dr. Marta Pegueroles, Prof. Dr. Andreu Puigdollers and Prof. Dr. Alberto Caprioglio - “Advances in the Design and Properties of New Ecoconcrete Formulations (2nd Edition)”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Francisco Agrela, Dr. Julia Rosales and Dr. Manuel Cabrera Montenegro - “Advanced Sustainable Cement-Based Materials”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Francisco Agrela and Dr. Julia Rosales
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2026 - “Advanced Materials in Implant and Prosthetic Dentistry: From Innovation to Clinical Application”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Tonino Traini and Prof. Dr. Eugenio Velasco-Ortega
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 23 June 2026 - “Waste Materials: Recycle and Valorize”
Guest Editors: Dr. Lorena Alcaraz and Dr. Olga Rodríguez Largo
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2026
- “New Discovery of Natural Zeolite-Rich Tuff on the Northern Margin of the Los Frailes Caldera: A Study to Determine Its Performance as a Supplementary Cementitious Material”;
- “Rheological Behavior of Oil Well Cement Slurries with Addition of Core/Shell TiO2@SiO2 Nanoparticles—Effect of Superplasticizer and Temperature”;
- “Development of Acoustic Absorbent Materials Using Pine Needles”;
- “FGD-Gypsum Waste to Capture CO2 and to Recycle in Building Materials: Optimal Reaction Yield and Preliminary Mechanical Properties”;
- “Life-Cycle Assessment and Environmental Costs of Cement-Based Materials Manufactured with Mixed Recycled Aggregate and Biomass Ash”;
- “An Evaluation of the Radioactive Content of Ashes Obtained from the Use of Fuels from Recycled Materials by Co-Processing in the Cement Industry”;
- “Carbonation Resistance of Ternary Portland Cements Made with Silica Fume and Limestone”.
- “Long-Term Clinical Study on Sandblasted–Acid-Etched Surface Dental Implants: 12-Year Follow-Up”;
- “The Topography of Titanium in Dental Implants: Key to Osseointegration and Bactericidal Capacity”;
- “Effect of Tribocorrosion on Mechanical Behavior of Titanium Dental Implants: An In Vitro Study”;
- “Critical Questions Surrounding the Shot-Blasting Treatment of Titanium Dental Implants”;
- “Mechanical Behavior of PEEK and PMMA Graphene and Ti6Al4V Implant-Supported Frameworks: In Silico Study”.
- “High Purity, Crystallinity and Electromechanical Sensitivity of Lead-Free (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Zr0.10Ti0.90)O3 Synthesized Using an EDTA/glycerol Modified Pechini Method”;
- “Multipurpose X-Ray Stage and Its Application for In Situ Poling Studies”;
- “Polyurethanes Made with Blends of Polycarbonates with Different Molecular Weights Showing Adequate Mechanical and Adhesion Properties and Fast Self-Healing at Room Temperature”.
- “Study of a Fire-Resistant Plate Containing Fly Ashes Generated from Municipal Waste Incinerator: Fire and Mechanical Characteristics and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment”;
- “Sustainable Fire-Resistant Materials: Thermal, Physical, Mechanical, and Environmental Behavior of Walls with Waste from the Aquaculture Industry”;
- “Tensile Fracture Behaviour of Prismatic Notched Specimens of Cold Drawn Pearlitic Steel: A Macro- and Micro-Approach”;
- “Tensile Fracture Behaviour of Prismatic Notched Specimens of Cold Drawn Pearlitic Steel: A Macro- and Micro-Approach”.