Egle Conforto

Background

Conforto, Egle was born on December 23, 1956 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Daughter of André Conforto and Lydia Amalia Leondina Capopizza Conforto.

Education

Primary and Secondary School at Colégio Regina Mundi,1971. High School at Colégio Integrado Objetivo, 1974. Sao Pauo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Career

Researcher metallurgy Metal Leve S/A Industria e Comércio, São Paulo, 1983—1986. Researcher telecommunications Brazilian Telecommunications S/A TELEBRAS, Campinas, Brazil, 1986—1989. Assistant professor, Physics department School Industrial Engineering, São Paulo, 1989—1991.

Researcher, teacher Doctor of Philosophy work and postdoc program Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, 1991—1999, researcher, teacher new projects leader, 2000—2004. Director, Center Commun d'Analyses La Rochelle University, France, 2004—2008, senior research engineer and responsible for electron microscopy laboratory, since 2008.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in biocompatibility increasing in biomaterials. Nanostructure of rough treated surfaces of titanium alloys for implants and prostheses. Corrosion and embrittlement due to hydrogen in zirconium alloys used in the nuclear industry;
  
  Research in the role of molybdenum in the hard-phase grains of titaniumcarbonitrides/cobalt cermets for cutting tools. Research in solid state-grown interfaces in materials for electrical and mechanical applications. Research in correlation between structure and physical properties in nanostructured materials.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor articles to scientific journals.

Membership

Active member Soutenir l'Orgue à La Rochelle, La Rochelle, 2007. Member of Swiss Physical Society., Member of EPFL Alumni.

Interests

• Music playing (piano and harpsichord)

Connections

Life partner Lorenz Peter Nedelmann. 1 child Déborah Thereza Conforto Nedelmann.

Father:

André Conforto

Mother:

Lydia Amalia Leondina Capopizza Conforto

child:

Déborah Thereza Conforto Nedelmann