Dr.-Ing. Pedro Dolabella Portella

Curriculum vitae

Born 1955 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
B.Eng. in metallurgical engineering, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME), Rio de Janeiro, 1977
M.Sc. in materials science and engineering, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME), Rio de Janeiro, 1979
Dr.-Ing. in materials science and engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 1984, with a thesis on the cyclic creep behaviour of Alloy 800 H
Assistant professor, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering (DCMM), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) (1984 − 1987)
Scientist at BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (1987 − 1992)
Head of laboratory Metallography and Ceramography (1992 − 1995)
Head of divison Microstructural Characterization (1996 − 1999)
Head of department Materials Engineering (since January 2000)

President of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS), 2010 - 2011
Secretary general of the German Federation Materials Science and Engineering (BV MatWerk, www.matwerk.de)
Spokesperson of the DFG-Review board 406-02 Metallic, ceramic and polymeric materials (DFG - German Research Foundation)
Member of the panel Engineering Physics, Materials and Processes of ASIIN (ASIIN - Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge der Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik)
Member of the editorial boards of
Praktische Metallographie
Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention
Revista Brasileira de Pós-Graduação

2010-12-14