Philippe Tailhades

Philippe Tailhades received the Ph.D. degree in material science in 1988 and the Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches in 1994. He is currently the Vice Director of the Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche et d’Ingénierie des Matériaux, Toulouse, France. His research interests include the preparation of original metallic oxides, especially spinel ferrites, in the form of fine powders, thin films, or bulk ceramics and the study of their magnetic, electric, and optical properties. He also works on the preparation of special metallic powders and on laser additive manufacturing. He received the Silver Medal of CNRS, France, in 2000.