Science Diplomacy in Today’s Convulsed World
Victor M. Castaño
Abstract:
A brief review of how Science has been involved in Diplomacy since ancient times will be presented, along with some fundamental definitions around the concept of Science Diplomacy and how it is urgently required for the conflicts that Mankind faces nowadays. Some specific examples will be discussed. Finally, the concept of Engineering Diplomacy will be introduced.
Short Bio: Prof. Víctor M. Castaño is a recognized international leader in several areas of applied science and technology . He holds a B.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics and M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Physics from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He spent 2 years at IBM´s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York as postdoctoral fellow. He has been a lecturer at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Faculties of Chemistry, Sciences, Engineering, Accounting and Administration and Dentistry), Universidad Autonoma de Querétaro (Faculties of Engineering, Medicine, Accounting and Administration, Psychology and Law), the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (Faculty of Physical-Mathematical Sciences), the Universidad Iberoamericana, the Instituto Tecnológico de Querétaro, etc. He was the founding Director of the Center for Applied Physics and Advanced Technology of the UNAM in Juriquilla, Querétaro. Prof. Castaño has published around 850 articles in international refereed and indexed journals, 260 articles in conferences proceedings, 31 book chapters, 8 books and has 38 patents. He has 752 papers presented at conferences and 62 technical reports to various industries. He has been advisor to over 93 B.Sc., 33 M.Sc. and 73 Ph.D. thesis in Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, the USA, Canada, Spain and Germany. His work has received over 17,500 citations, especially in the last few years, when some of his pioneering contributions have begun to have great impact and have led him to receive international awards and recognitions and he is one of the most cited Latinamerican scientists in his area. In this respect, it is important to emphasize the fact that Víctor Castaño is an engineer and scientist of great originality, who dares not only to explore subjects that do not represent the fashion of international science, but also has the capacity of having his proposals receiving worldwide attention. He is Associate Editor of several prestigious international journals and Editor-in-Chief of Current nanoMedicine. He is Treasurer, by election, of the International Council for Materials Education and has been a member of several evaluation committees in Mexico, the United States, Canada, Spain, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, etc. Probably the areas where Prof. Castaño is best known is in materials science and biomedicine, where he invented a very extensive list of new materials and technologies for various applications. He has also been strongly involved on the social implications of Science and Technology and he is currently associated to the M.Sc. Program of Applied Ethics and Bioethics of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro and the Caribbean Research Ethics Education Initiative Master of Science Program, with the Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro (Mexico), St. George's University (Grenada), Clarkson University (USA) and The National Institute of Health (USA).
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