José Maria Serratosa

Abstract

It is a great pleasure for me to introduce my friend Professor Jose Maria Serratosa as the 2010 recipient of the prestigious Marilyn and Sturges W. Bailey Distinguished Member Award of The Clay Mineral Society, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to clay science and his promotion of scientific research on national and international scales. Jose graduated from the University of Granada in 1946 as a chemist and worked at that university as an Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. From there he accepted a fellowship to study at the University of Utrecht with Professor J. Th. Overbeek and, in 1953, he defended his PhD dissertation at the University of Madrid. Jose’s scientific activity from 1953 until 1970 can be divided into two parts: one was his work at the National Research Council of Spain (CSIC) and the other was at various scientific centers in the United States. The experience he gained during this time ensured his successful scientific activities as well as his activities in the organization of scientific research in Spain. From 1970 to 1990 Jose worked at CSIC as Research Professor and since 1990 he has been Research Professor Emeritus. During this time …