Lab researcher named Fellow of American Ceramic Society

Quanxi Jia

September 2, 2010—Quanxi Jia of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Los Alamos has been selected as a 2010 American Ceramic Society Fellow for his outstanding contributions to the ceramic arts or sciences. The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies is a joint effort of Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories.

Jia joined Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1993 after receiving a doctoral degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

A LANL Fellow and a thrust leader for nanoscale electronics and mechanics at CINT, Jia is the author or coauthor of more than 350 refereed journal articles and eight book chapters, and he has been awarded 33 U.S. patents in electronic materials and devices.

He received the 2005 Asian-American Engineer of the Year Award, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Awards for excellence in technology transfer, and two R&D 100 awards. Jia also is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

The American Ceramic Society is an international membership society focusing on ceramic materials and applications. Since 1898, the Society has been one of the leading sources of information about ceramic technologies and emerging opportunities in the world.

The title of “Fellow” is an honor that the Society gives to distinguished mid-career scientists, engineers and business leaders who specialize in ceramic and glass materials. Jia, who is one of 19 newly named Fellows, will be presented the honor at the American Ceramic Society 112th annual meeting in October in Houston.