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204 Prof. Alicia Durán Dr. Alicia Durán obtained a degree in Physics from the National University of Córdoba in Argentina and a Ph.D in Physical Sciences from the UAM, developing her professional career at the Institute of Ceramics and Glass of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC). Research Professor of CSIC and responsible of the GlaSS group (http://glass.icv.csic.es ), with more than 250 publications in WOK (H index of 47), she was President of the International Commission on Glass (ICG) from 2018 up to December 2021. She received the Phoenix Award from the international glass industry, being named Glass Person of the Year 2019. Recently she has been recognised with the Otto-Schott Award 2022. Now she is leading the International Year of Glass 2022, approved by the General Assembly of United Nations on May 18 th 2021.