Fernando Garzon, Ph.D
Brief Biography:
Fernando Garzon holds a joint appointment as a UNM Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and a Faculty Research Scientist at Sandia National Laboratory in the 1815 organization, The Advanced Materials Laboratory. He received his B.S.E. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982 and completed his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering with a focal area of Solid State Chemistry in 1988. His research interests include: the development of advanced gas sensors, fuel cell materials technology, energy storage technology, high temperature materials and devices, electronic conducting transition metal oxides, thin film growth, ceramic membrane technology, and solid state ionics.
Dr. Garzon also leads a team in the development of advanced explosives forensic technology in support of national security and public safety efforts. Fernando Garzon has co-authored over 140 scientific publications with more than 6000 citations and served as an editor for the Electrochemical Society Publication series, Solid State Ionic Devices. He is the inventor of an R&D 100 award winning high temperature combustion control sensor, and a new class of solid-state gas sensors for hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and nitric oxides . He holds ten patents in electrochemical technology. Fernando was the 2012 Los Alamos Fellow’s Prize recipient for Research Leadership, the 2009 DOE Fuel Cell Program Research Award winner, and was recognized in Scientific American’s Top 50 Science and Technology Achievements for 2003.
He has also made television and radio presentations as a scientific advocate for efficient energy storage and conversion technologies. Fernando Garzon is the Past Chairman of the High Temperature Materials Division of the Electrochemical Society. He was named a Fellow of the Society in 2008, served as Vice President from 2009-2012, and is the President of the Electrochemical Society for 2012-13, Serves on the Council of Past Presidents, and is currently a member of the ECS Technical Affairs committee. He is also a member of the Materials Research Society, the American Ceramics Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Education:
Positions:
Sandia National Laboratory (2014-current)
University of New Mexico (2014-current)
Director, Center for Microengineered Materials
Los Alamos National Laboratory (1988-2014)
Electrochemical Materials & Devices Group MPA (MST)-11 (1997-present).
Deputy Group Leader MST-11, (1999-2001)
Technical Project Leader (1994-1997)
Technical Staff Member, MST-11 (1989-1993)
Postdoctoral Fellow (1988-1989)
Scientific Research Areas:
Electrochemical Synthesis Of Fuels and Chemical Feedstocks
Chemical Sensor Development and Sensing With Ionic Devices
Heterogeneous Catalysis and Electrocatalysis
Inorganic Ionic and Nanoporous Membrane Science
Nanotechnology for Energy Conversion
Ceramic Thin and Thick Film Materials Development
Selected Honors and Awards:
Los Alamos Technology Transfer Award 2010
DOE-EERE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Program 2009 Award for “Impurity Effects in Polymer Fuel Cells
Los Alamos Technology Transfer Award 2009
Fellow of the Electrochemical Society 2008 (<2% of membership)
Los Alamos Technology Transfer Award 2007
Fuel Cell Seminar (San Antonio, TX USA) 2004 Best Poster Award
Scientific American’s Top 50 Science and Technology Achievements for 2003, Development of Sulfur Tolerant Fuel Cell Anodes
Los Alamos Technology Transfer Award 2003
Los Alamos Technology Transfer Award 2001
R&D 100 Awards 1999 - Sulfur Resistant Oxygen Sensor Technology
Los Alamos Technology Transfer Award 1997
Los Alamos Technology Transfer Award 1996
Professional and Synergistic Activities:
American Ceramics Society,
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
International Society For Solid State Ionics
Los Alamos Science and Engineering Council (Technical advisory board to LANL Director) 2002-2004,
Los Alamos LDRD-ER Materials Committee 2001
Los Alamos, Fellows Committee 1997-1998
US-DOE Workshop Invited Participant/Organizer:
Invited Participant, DOE Fuel Cell Pre-Solicitation Workshop, DOE-EERE, Lakewood, CO, 2010,
Invited Participant, Japan-METI-DOE, DOE-EERE, Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, 2010
Invited Participant, Advanced Materials for Stationary Electrical Energy Storage DOE-OE, Albuquerque, NM, 2010
Invited Participant, DOE-AIST Fuel Cell Workshop, DOE-EERE/ NEDO AIST, Tokyo, Japan, 2009
Invited Participant, Basic Research Needs For Electrical Energy Storage DOE BES, Washington D.C,. 2007
Invited Participant, DOE-AIST Fuel Cell Workshop, DOE-EERE/ NEDO AIST, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
Workshop Organizer, Hydrogen Sensor Workshop, DOE-EERE, Washington DC, 2007
Invited Participant, Basic Research Needs for the Hydrogen Economy DOE-BES, Rockville MD, 2003
Invited Participant, Hydrogen Storage Pre-Solicitation Workshop DOE-EERE, Washington DC, 2003
Workshop Organizer, Sensor Needs and Requirements for Fuel Cell and CIDI/SIDI DOE-EERE, Washington DC, 2000
Invited Participant, Workshop on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Transportation, DOE-FE&EERE 1995, Towson, MD
Invited Participant, Phase Diagrams for High Tc Superconductors NIST/DOE BES Santa Fe, New Mexico 1993
Books:
Effects Of Contaminants On Catalyst Activity, Handbook of Fuel Cells, Wiley, 2010
Patents:
US Patent #7,575,709: R. Mukundan, E. L. Brosha and F. H. Garzon. "Tape-cast sensors and method of making"
US Patent #7,736,547: F. H. Garzon, M. L. Einsla and R. Mukundan. "Method of synthesis of proton conducting materials"
US Patent #7,264,700: F. H. Garzon, E. L. Brosha, R. Mukundan. "Thin film mixed potential sensors"
US Patent #7,214,333: R. Mukundan, E. L. Brosha, F.H. Garzon. "Electrodes for solid state gas sensor"
US Patent #6,656,336: R. Mukundan, E. L. Brosha and F. H. Garzon. "Method for forming a potential hydrocarbon sensor with low sensitivity to methane and CO"
US Patent #6,605,202: R. Mukundan, E. L. Brosha and F. H. Garzon. "Electrodes for solid state gas sensor"
US Patent #6,277,256: F. H. Garzon and E. L. Brosha. "Enhanced electrodes for solid state gas sensors”
US Patent #5,695,624: F. H. Garzon and E. L. Brosha. "Solid state oxygen sensor"
US Patent #5,543,025: F. H. Garzon, B.W. Chung, I. D. Raistrick, and E. L. Brosha. "Solid state oxygen sensor"
Industrial Collaborations:
Cummins, Ceramatic/CoorsTEK, Emisense, Rosemount Analytical, Zircoa
University Collaborations:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Wisconsin, Madison; Rutgers, Madison; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Riverside;
University of Delaware; Tokyo Institute of Technology; University of Florida; University of Washington, Pullman
