Prof. Juan M. D. Tascon

Tascon

Prof. Juan M. D. Tascon

PERSONAL DATA

Date of birth: September 21, 1954.

Nationality: Spanish.

PRESENT POSITION AND CONTACT DATA

Research Professor.

Instituto Nacional del Carbón, INCAR-CSIC.

Address: F. PIntado Fe 26, 33011 Oviedo, Spain.

Phone: +34 985 119 090. Fax number: +34 985 297 662.

E-mail address: tascon@incar.csic.es                                               

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

  • B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain (1976).
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry from Complutense University, Madrid, Spain (1981). Thesis title: “Adsorption of CO, O2 and CO2 and catalytic oxidation of CO on LaMeO3 oxides”. Thesis promoter: Dr. L. González Tejuca.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD

  • Predoctoral Fellow, Institute of Catalysis and Petroleum Chemistry, CSIC, Madrid, Spain (1977-80).
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (1980-82).
  • Assistant Research Scientist, New York University, New York, USA (1982-83).
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Catalysis and Petroleum Chemistry, Madrid, Spain (1983-85).
  • Tenured Scientist (1985-87), Research Scientist (1987-2002) and Research Professor (since 2002) at National Carbon Institute, CSIC, Oviedo, Spain.
  • Head of Department of Coal Preparation and Characterization, National Carbon Institute, CSIC, Oviedo, Spain (1992-2001).
  • Director, National Carbon Institute, CSIC, Oviedo, Spain (2011-15).

SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY

  • 5 edited books
  • 270 papers in refereed journals
  • 17 book chapters
  • 370 communications presented at conferences
  • 40 research projects as principal investigator
  • 2 patents
  • 12 doctoral theses supervised
  • Hirsch factor, h=52

OTHER ACTIVITIES

  • Editor of Carbon (since 2012).
  • Associate Editor of Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry (since 2015)
  • Member of the International Editorial Board of journal Fuel (since 1996).
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Carbon (2002-12).
  • Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of Journal of the Argentine Chemical Society (since 2002).
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of journal Recent Patents on Materials Science (2008-14).
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface (since 2017).

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

Spanish, French and English.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  1. M. Munuera, J.I. Paredes, S. Villar-Rodil, S. García-Dalí, A. Castro-Muñiz, A. Martínez-Alonso, J.M.D. Tascón A direct route to activated two-dimensional cobalt oxide nanosheets for electrochemical energy storage, catalytic and environmental applications Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2019, 539, 263-276 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.12.054 IF (2019): not yet available
  2. Autores (p.o. de firma): J.M. Munuera, J.I. Paredes, S. Villar-Rodil, A. Castro-Muñiz, A. Martínez-Alonso, J.M.D. Tascón Título: High-quality, low-oxidized graphene via anodic exfoliation with table salt as an efficient oxidation-preventing co-electrolyte for water/oil remediation and capacitive energy storage applications Applied Materials Today 2018, 11, 246-254 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2018.03.002 IF (2018): not yet available
  3. Caridad, J.I. Paredes, O. Pérez-Vidal, S. Villar-Rodil, A. Pagán, J.L. Cenis, A. Martínez-Alonso, J.M.D. Tascón A biosupramolecular approach to graphene: complementary nucleotide-nucleobase combinations as enhanced stabilizers towards aqueous-phase exfoliation and functional graphene-nucleotide hydrogels Carbon 2018, 129, 331-334 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.12.007 IF (2018): not yet available
  4. J. Martín-Jimeno, A. Suárez-García, J.I. Paredes, M. Enterría, M.F.R. Pereira, J.I.Martins, J.L. Figueiredo, A. Martínez-Alonso, J.M.D. Tascón A “nanopore litography” strategy for synthesizing hierarchically micro/mesoporous carbons from ZIF-8/graphene oxide hybrids for electrochemical energy storage ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2017, 9, 44740-44755 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b16567 IF (2017): 8.097
  5. M. Munuera, J.I. Paredes, M. Enterría, A. Pagán, S. Villar-Rodil, M.F.R. Pereira, J.I. Martins, J.L. Figueiredo, J.L. Cenis, A. Martínez-Alonso, J.M.D. Tascón Electrochemical exfoliation of graphite in aqueaus sodium halide electrolytes toward low oxygen content graphene for energy and environmental applications ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2017, 9, 24085-24090 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b04802 IF (2017): 8.097
  6. Autores (p.o. de firma): J.M. Munuera, J.I. Paredes, S. Villar-Rodil, A. Martínez-Alonso, J.M.D. Tascón Título: A simple strategy to improve the yield of graphene nanosheets in the anodic exfoliation of graphite foil Carbon 2017, 115, 625-628 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.01.038 IF (2017): 082
  7. Ayán-Varela, R. Ruiz-Rosas, S. Villar-Rodil, J.I. Paredes, D. Cazorla-Amorós, E. Morallón, A. Martínez-Alonso, J.M.D. Tascón Efficient Pt electrocatalysts supported onto flavin mononucleotide exfoliated pristine graphene for the methanol oxidation reaction Electrochimica Acta 2017, 231, 386-395 DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.12.177 IF (2017): 5.116