Professor Jesús Toribio graduated in
Civil Engineering in 1982 and then in
Mathematics in 1986. In 1987 he was
awarded his PhD in the Polytechnic
University of Madrid (UPM) and turned
into Associate Professor in that
Institution. In 1992 he became Full
Professor and Head of the Materials
Science Department of the University of
La Coruña (at the age of 32, thus being
the youngest Full Professor in the area
of Materials Science in Spain). In 2000
he moved to the University of Salamanca
(USAL) where is currently Full Professor
of Materials Science and Head of the
Fracture and Structural Integrity
Research Group (FSIRG) of that
Institution.
His research work is mainly concerned
with fatigue and fracture mechanics,
environmentally assisted cracking,
stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen
embrittlement/degradation/damage of
metals and alloys (mainly cold drawn
pearlitic steel wires for civil
engineering and austenitic stainless
steels for nuclear engineering and
energy applications), covering
theoretical, computational and
experimental aspects. He actively
participates in International
Conferences, very often being member of
the International Advisory Committee,
organising Special Sessions/Symposia,
being Session Chairman or delivering
Plenary/Keynote/Invited Lectures.
Professor Dr. Jesús Toribio has
published more than 500 scientific
papers, most of them in international
books and journals.
He is the Chairman of the Technical
Committee 10 (TC10): Environmentally
Assisted Cracking of the European
Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) and
has been Director (2013-2017) of the
International Congress of Fracture-The
World Academy of Structural Integrity
(ICF-WASI), being responsible of
launching the Ibero-American Academy of
Structural Integrity (IA2SI). Prof.
Toribio has been awarded a variety of
scientific research prizes and awards
including: (i) UPM Young Scientist Award
of the Polytechnic University of Madrid;
(ii) METROTEC Award for the best
Technological Research Project; (iii)
Honour Medal of the Spanish Group of
Fracture (GEF/SEIE) in recognition of
his research achievements in the field
of fracture mechanics; (iv) Fellow of
the Wessex Institute of Technology (WIT)
in recognition of leadership and
outstanding work in engineering
sciences; (v) Top Reviewer 2011 in
recognition of an outstanding
contribution to the quality of the
Elsevier International Journal
Engineering Fracture Mechanics; (vi)
Fellow of the European Structural
Society (ESIS Fellow) for his
outstanding contributions to the art,
science, teaching or practice of
fracture mechanics and his service to
the society; (vii) Honorary Member of
the Italian Group of Fracture (IGF) in
acknowledgement and appreciation of his
outstanding achievements in the research
field
of fracture mechanics; (viii) Best Paper
and Presentation Award in the
International Conference on Energy
Materials and Applications (ICEMA 2017)
held in 2017 in Hiroshima, Japan, with a
paper entitled: Numerical Simulation of
Hydrogen Diffusion in the Pressure
Vessel Wall of a WWER-440 Reactor; (ix)
María de Maeztu Scientific Award of the
University of Salamanca (800th
anniversary during 2018) in recognition
of academic trajectory and excellence in
scientific and technological research;
(x) Scientific Merit Award of the
Portuguese Group of Fracture (PGF) in
recognition of scientific contributions
during his career.
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