Montreal – Professor Daniel Coderre, President of INRS – the National Institute of Scientific Research in Montreal – has announced the launch of the “UNESCO Chair on Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and Storage (MATECSS),” whose first chairlholder will be Professor Federico Rosei. Rosei was chosen because of his extensive experience in new materials and nanotechnologies, as well as his academic training in Trieste and Rome. The new National Institute of Scientific Research UNESCO Chair is one in 750 positions in the world of the same name, of which 20 are in Italy. UNESCO Chairs were established under the 1991 UNESCO Program for International University Cooperation, which aims at strengthening international academic centers’ interconnection. Another key goal of the program is to initiate processes leading to the development of strong and lasting ties between educational institutions and scientific journals. (9Colonne)
