Structural and Compositional Disorder as Design Tools for Next-Generation Inorganic Materials / Emanuel Ionescu/ August 14, 2026
August, 2026│Trenčín
Congratulations to Our New PhD Graduate: Dr. Parisa Naghadian Moghaddam
Congratulations to Our New PhD Graduate: Dr. Parisa Naghadian Moghaddam We are pleased to congratulate Dr. Parisa Naghadian Moghaddam on the successful public defense of her PhD dissertation, held on 27 July 2026 at the FunGlass Centre, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín. Her dissertation, entitled "Development of Corrosion-Resistant Polymer-Derived Ceramic Coatings on Stainless [...]
Final Dissertation Thesis Defense / August 27, 2026
August 27, 2026│ Trenčín
Assoc. Prof. Amirhossein Pakseresht Begins Industrial Collaboration in France Under the CLICAM Project
Assoc. Prof. Amirhossein Pakseresht Begins Industrial Collaboration in France We are pleased to announce that Assoc. Prof. Amirhossein Pakseresht, Head of the Department of Coating, has begun a three-month industrial collaboration with PMG–Ouest Coating in Saint-Nazaire, France, as part of the CLICAM project. His work focuses on the development of anti-sticking plasma-sprayed ceramic [...]
Avnee Chauhan Wins First Prize in the YCN Photo Contest
Avnee Chauhan Wins First Prize in the YCN Photo Contest We are delighted to share that our colleague Avnee Chauhan has won First Prize in this year's YCN Photo Contest! The winners were announced by the YCN Committee on 9 June during the 5th YCN Workshop in Otrębusy, Poland. The competition featured 20 [...]
FunGlass Continues to Share Best Practices at the Horizon Europe Summer School 2026
FunGlass Continues to Share Best Practices at the Horizon Europe Summer School 2026 FunGlass was once again actively involved in the Horizon Europe Summer School for Project Managers, held in Omšenie, Slovakia, from 29 June to 2 July 2026. The event, organised by the National Contact Points for Horizon Europe at the Slovak [...]
FunGlass Presented Research at ISNOG 2026
Presented Research at ISNOG 2026 Dr. Mai-Phuong Truong from the Glass Processing Department and PhD student Badar Khan participated in the International Symposium on Non-Oxide and New Optical Glasses (ISNOG 2026), held on 14–17 June 2026 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dr. Truong delivered an oral presentation entitled "Luminescence Modulation and Low-Temperature Crystallisation in Tb/Yb-Doped [...]
Dr. Surjyakanta Rana Successfully Completes Public Habilitation Lecture and Thesis Defence at FunGlass
Public Habilitation Lecture and Thesis Defence of Dr. Surjyakanta Rana Held at FunGlass On 30 June 2026, FunGlass hosted the public habilitation lecture and defence of the habilitation thesis of Dr. Surjyakanta Rana as part of his habilitation procedure in the field of Inorganic Technology and Materials. Dr. Rana delivered his public habilitation [...]
FunGlass at CIMTEC 2026, Perugia, Italy
FunGlass at CIMTEC 2026, Perugia, Italy We are pleased to share that Dr. Monika Michálková and Dr. Avnee Chauhan from FunGlass – Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalised Glass participated in CIMTEC 2026 – 16th International Ceramics Congress, held in Perugia, Italy, from 15–19 June 2026. Monika Michálková presented a poster titled: “Development [...]
Final Dissertation Thesis Defense / July 27, 2026
July 27, 2026│ Trenčín
