Mattia Biesuz

Mattia Biesuz is Associate Professor at the University of Trento, Department of Industrial Engineering, where he also obtained his B.Sc., M.Sc. (both 110/110 cum laude) and Ph.D. (Excellent cum laude, 2017). He teaches courses on Materials Science, Ceramic Materials, Materials for Energy and interdisciplinary laboratories, and has been teaching assistant continuously since 2014.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Materials, Mechatronics and Systems Engineering, University of Trento, 2014-2017
• M.Sc. in Materials Engineering, University of Trento, 2010-2013
• B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, 2007-2010

Research interests focus on advanced ceramic processing including flash sintering, cold sintering, ultra-fast high-temperature sintering (UHS), spark plasma sintering, entropy-stabilised ceramics, polymer-derived ceramics, field-assisted ion exchange and low-temperature ceramic joining. His group explores structure–property relationships in glasses and ceramics for energy, functional and structural applications.

Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate a clear trend toward ultra-rapid sintering technologies (UHS, flash, cold sintering) combined with additive manufacturing, high-entropy ceramics, ceramic aerogels for thermal insulation and environmental remediation, and glass strengthening by field-assisted ion exchange. The work integrates fundamental science (diffusion, electromigration, nucleation) with technological demonstrators (batteries, thermal-barrier coatings, catalytic supports, space resources).

Scientific awards & honours include the MRS Postdoctoral Award 2022, two Pfeil Awards (2021 & 2022) from IOM3-UK, the Crystals 2022 Young Investigator Award, multiple Acta Journals Outstanding Reviewer distinctions, best-paper and travel awards from MDPI journals, and the Best Master Thesis Award of his Department in 2013.

Funding & leadership: He coordinates/works in several EU and national projects on flash/cold sintering and high-entropy ceramics, serves as associate editor of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society and on the editorial boards of Materials and Frontiers in Materials, and regularly evaluates proposals for the Czech Science Foundation and ECerS.

Labs & teams: He leads the “Field-Assisted Sintering & Advanced Ceramics” research line within the Industrial Engineering Department, hosting numerous international visitors (post-docs from Prague, Gdańsk, Izmir, Charles University) and coordinates shared labs equipped with flash-sintering rigs, UHS furnaces, SPS, DSC/TG-GC-MS, impedance analysers, and additive-manufacturing stations.