Dr. Teresa Pérez Prado - Home Page
Senior Researcher
IMDEA-Materials
E.T.S. de Ingenieros de Caminos
C/ Profesor Aranguren, s/n
28040 Madrid – Spain
Telephone: 34 91 549 34 22
Fax: 34 91 550 30 07
E-mail: teresa.perez.prado@imdea.org
Education
- MBA, INSEAD, France, 2008
- Ph.D. in Materials Science, Complutense University, Madrid, 1998
- M. Sc. Physics, Complutense University, Madrid, 1994
Research interests
- Processing, characterization and mechanical behavior of advanced metallic materials for automotive, energy and biomedical applications
Past Positions
- 2004-2008 Tenured Scientist, National Center for Metals Research, Madrid, Spain
- 2004-2008 Visiting Research Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,US
- 2001-2004 Ramón & Cajal Fellow, National Center for Metals Research, Madrid, Spain
- 1998-2000 Postgraduate Research Engineer, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), US Consultant, Oregon State University, (OSU), Oregon, US
Current research
projects
- Fabrication of advanced Mg alloys for automotive applications (MAGNO-CENIT program. Led by Antolín group. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation).
- High strain rate behavior of Mg alloys. (MAGNO-CENIT program. Led by Antolín group. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation).
- High strain rate behavior of nanostructured metals
- Shear induced phase transformations by high pressure torsion. (Explora program. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation)
- Biocompatibility of nanostructured Zr-based alloys
Selected publications
- "First experimental observation of shear induced hcp to bcc transformation in pure Zr". M.T.Pérez-Prado, A. P. Zhilyaev, Physical Review Letters, 102, 175504, 2009. (doi link)
- "Texture, microstructure and mechanical properties of equiaxed ultrafine grained Zr fabricated by accumulative roll bonding". L. Jiang, M.T. Pérez-Prado, P.A. Gruber, E. Arzt, O.A. Ruano, M.E. Kassner, Acta Materialia, 56, 1228, 2008. (doi link)
- "Grain refinement of Mg-Al-Zn alloys via accumulative roll bonding". M.T. Pérez-Prado, J.A. Del Valle, O.A. Ruano, Scripta Materialia, 51, 1093, 2004. (doi link)
- "Microstructural evolution in adiabatic shear localization in stainless steel" M.A. Meyers, Q. Xue, Y. Xu, M.T. Pérez-Prado, T.R. McNelley, Acta Materialia, 51, 1307, 2003. (doi link)
- "Five Power Law Creep in Single Phase Metals and Alloys". M.E. Kassner and M.T. Pérez-Prado, Progress in Materials Science, 45, 1, 2000. (doi link)
Books
- "Fundamentals of Creep in Metals and Alloys", M.E. Kassner & M.T. Pérez-Prado, Elsevier, 2004
Patents
- "Controlled fabrication of stable beta phase in the pure metals of group IV of the periodic table". A.P Zhilyaev, M.T. Pérez-Prado, A. Sharafutdinov, Patent Nr. P200900122, January 16th 2009. Country: Spain
- "Method to obtain the beta phase of a transition pure metal of the group IV of the periodic system and product resulting from this method". A.P Zhilyaev, M.T. Pérez-Prado, A. Sharafutdinov, Patent Nr. P200901060, April 23th 2009. Country: Spain
- "Fabrication of metallic nanostructures by severe rolling", M.T. Pérez-Prado, F. Salort, O.A. Ruano, L. Jiang, M.E. Kassner, Patent Nr. 200600492, March 1st 2006. Country: Spain
Awards / Accomplishments
- 2006 Marina Bueno scholarship, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany
- 2001-2004 Ramón y Cajal fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science
- 1994-1998 FPI PhD fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science
- 1194 IAESTE fellowship, Chemnitz University, Germany
- 1993 "Introduction to research" fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science
- 1992 Award Promoción 1960, Complutense University, Madrid
Institutional activities
- Member of the International Committee of "International Conference on the Strength of Metals and Alloys (ICSMA)"
- Member of the International Committee of "International Conference on Superplasticity of Advanced Materials (ICSAM)"