About Dr. Carlo Pantano
Carlo Pantano is Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Director of the Materials Research Institute, at the Pennsylvania State University. He has a B.S. degree in Engineering Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, and ME and Ph.D degrees from the University of Florida. He has over 30 years experience in glass research and materials characterization and ~230 journal publications, 6 books and 2 patents. He was named an Outstanding Teacher by his College in 1983,and won the Wilson Award for Excellence in Research in 1996. He won the American Ceramic Society Ross Coffin Purdy Award (2004) and George W. Morey Award (2005), and was honored by the Glass Art Society as the Labino Lecturer in 1994 and in 2003. He is Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), a Fellow of the AVS (Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces and Processing), and an elected member of the World Academy of Ceramics.
