The European Ceramic Society

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Italy

Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche

Sezione Mineralogia applicata

Director : Prof. Alessandro F. Gualtieri

Email : alessandro.gualtieri@unimore.it

Phone : Tel. +39 059 2058480

Address : Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche Via G. Campi 103 41125 Modena

Research topics :

  • Characterization of traditional ceramics: characterization of raw materials, secondary raw materials, and products such as stoneware tiles using the quantitative mineralogical analysis and laboratory technological tests.

Contact information:

Prof. Alessandro F. Gualtieri

Tel. +39 059 2058480

alessandro.gualtieri@unimore.it

  • Glazes and pigments for the decoration of traditional ceramics: development of glazes and  pigments for the surface decoration of single firing and stoneware tiles and their structural and microstructural characterization.

Contact information:

Prof. Alessandro F. Gualtieri

Tel. +39 059 2058480

alessandro.gualtieri@unimore.it

Financial support programmes :

Contracts with private companies (e.g. BAAN, Modena; Italgraniti Group SPA, S.Martino in Rio, Modena; ESMALGLASS, Sassuolo Modena; Zetadi srl, Ferno Varese)

 

Latest news

12th March 2026 : International Day of Ceramics !

Today we celebrate the International Day of Ceramics
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Mar 10, 2026
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 2nd call!

In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend 2 events organized by ABCERAM, the Brazilian Ceramic Society in 2026:

Mar 3, 2026

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