ACerS is pleased to announce Carolina Tallon has been selected for Volunteer Spotlight, a program that recognizes a member who demonstrates outstanding service to The American Ceramic Society through volunteerism.
Tallon is associate professor of materials science and engineering and a core member of the VT MADE Institute at Virginia Tech. She received her B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Granada, Spain, and her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the Institute of Ceramic and Glass and Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. She held several positions at the University of Melbourne, Australia, including postdoctoral researchers, part-time lecturer, and academic convenor of the Hallmark Materials Research Initiative, before moving to Virginia.
Tallon’s research focuses on the near net shaping and advanced manufacturing of ceramics for extreme environments, such as hypersonics, nuclear reactors, and high-temperature engines. Specifically, her group specializes in the processing of ultrahigh-temperature ceramics and the manipulation of their microstructure. She has twice co-chaired the international conference Ultrahigh-Temperature Ceramics: Materials for Extreme Environment Applications in 2015 and 2022.
Tallon joined ACerS in 2009 and is part of the Engineering Ceramics Division. She is currently chair of the Washington, D.C./Maryland/Virginia Section, and she has served on the John Jeppson Award Subcommittee (2021–2026) and the Kingery Award Subcommittee (2018–2021). Tallon has also been a scientific committee member of several symposiums at the International Conference and Expo in Advanced Ceramics and Composites, as well as served as a mentor in the ACerS Student Mentor Program. She received the 2020 Jubilee Global Diversity Award for her research contributions to the engineered ceramics field.
We extend our deep appreciation to Tallon for her service to our Society!
