Dr. Juan Antonio ZAPIEN
PhD The Pennsylvania State University, USA
BSc UNAM, Mexico
- Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests/Areas
Nanomaterials and nanotechnology
Nano-photonics and nano-optoelectronics
Optical properties of materials
Nucleation and growth of thin films
Services in CityU
Core member, Center for Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P R China, 2007–present.
Double-diploma coordinator: Cotutelle-Agreement – Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Quebec, Canada - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P R China, 2012–present.
Programme Committee Member, Bachelor of Arts and Science (Hons) in New Media (BAS).
Services outside CityU
Member, American Vacuum Society, 2012 – present.
Member, SPIE, 2013 – present.
Member, MRS 2013 – present.
Member, Physical Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P R China, 2007 – present.
Reviewer, Applied Physics Letters, 1999 – present.
Reviewer, Diamond and Related Materials, 2000 – present.
Reviewer, Vacuum, 2003 – present.
Reviewer, Optics Communications, 2004 – present.
Reviewer, Journal of Luminescence, 2006 – present
Reviewer, Physical Review B, 2007 – present
Reviewer, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2008 – present.
Reviewer, Chemical Physics Letters, 2010 – present.
Reviewer, Advanced Functional Materials, 2010 – present.
Reviewer, Langmuir, 2010 – present.
Reviewer, Materials Science & Engineering B, 2010 – present.
Reviewer, Journal of Crystal Growth, 2012 – present.
Reviewer, ACS nano, 2012 – present.
Reviewer, Optics Letters, 2012 – present.
Reviewer, Materials Science and Engineering B, 2010 – present.
Reviewer, Electrochimica Acta, 2011 – present.
Reviewer, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2011 – present.
Reviewer, Angewandte Chemie, 2010 – present.
Reviewer, Journal: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2011 – present.
Reviewer, Electrochemistry Communications, 2011 – present.
Reviewer, Nanoscale, 2011 – present.
Reviewer, Crystal Growth & Design, 2011 – present.
Reviewer, Thin Solid Films, 2011 – present.
Reviewer, NanoACS, 2012 – present.
Reviewer, Applied Surface Science, 2012 – present.
Reviewer, Solar Energy, 2012 – present.
National Research Proposal Reviewer, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2014 – present.
National Research Proposal Reviewer, Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), 2011 – present.
National Research Proposal Reviewer, National Research Council of Romania, 2011 – present.
Editor or Editorial Membership
Member, Editorial Board, Scientific Reports, Journal from Nature Publishing Group.
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Experimental Spectroscopic Techniques.
Activities
Participating in or organising a conference/an event:
Chair of Symposium C for the 43th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (43th ICMCTF), San Diego, USA, 25–29 April 2016.
Lead Organizer, First Mexico-China NANOMXCN workshop “Renewable Energy and Water Remediation”, Mexico, 14 – 22 August 2015.
Talk or presentation:
"Hybrid Photonic and Plasmonic Nanostructures: modeling, characterization and applications", 22nd Winter International Scientific Conference on “Achievements in Mechanical and
Materials Engineering” Winter-AMME'2015, Zakopane, Poland, 6 – 9 December 2015.
"Nano-photonics for Ultra-sensitive chemical identification and quantification in food, biotechnology, security, and point-of-care applications", INNOVATION MATCH MX 2015 - 2016, Guadalajara, Mexico, 6 – 8 April 2016.
"Optical properties of low dimensional materials: photonic, plasmonic, and hybrid cavities and nanoresonators", NANOSMAT 2015, Manchester, United Kingdom, 13–16 September 2015.
Examination (for external institution):
External MPhil/PhD Examiner, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2012 – present.
External MPhil/PhD Examiner, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, P R China, 2012 – present.
External MPhil/PhD Examiner, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, P R China, 2011 – present.
