Date Updated
3-20-2024
Department
Chemistry
Academic Rank
Professor Emerita
Year Retired from SJSU
2000
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ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7747-2474
Scopus Author Details https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6601931052
ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juana_Acrivos/
Educational Background
UC Berkeley Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Postdoctoral Fellow 1962
Stanford University, Postdoctoral Fellow 1960
University of Minnesota, 1956 Ph.D.
Universidad de La Habana, 1951 D.Sc.
Instituto del Vedado #2 La Habana, Cuba, 1946 Dual Bachiller en Artes y Ciencias
Teaching Experience
- University of Minnesota, Summer 1961
- San José State University: 1962-2000.
- Visiting Scientist, Stanford University 1974
- UC Berkeley NSF Woman Professor Chemical Biodynamics, 1987-1988
- Cavendish Laboratory, Research Advisor Cambridge University Spring 1984
- Ph.D. Research Advisor during 5 SJSU Sabbatical leaves at Cavendish Laboratory 1970 to 2000.
- Visiting Scientist: IRC for Superconductivity, Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge University, 2000; Stanford University 1971-1975 and 1980-1987.
- Cambridge University V Fellow Commoner: Trinity College 1983-1984; Lucy Cavendish 1990-191.
- Kavli Royal Society of London “New Chemistry of the elements” Chichester Hall, Oxford, 2014.
- Former Soviet Russia Scientists, CRDF Senior Research Advisor 2001 to present.
Professional PI for Research: over 100 SJSU Students, and help start SJSU faculty research:
- PI: Research Corporation, 1964 to build 1st SJSU esr magnetic resonance laboratory
- PI: National Science Foundation NSF for SJSU Research: 1st: GP-6243 to NSF DMR-93072387
- PI: DOE Stanford Synchrotron Research Laboratory-SLAC Proposals 1978 -2015 (3640)
- PI: NATO Advanced Study Institute Cambridge University 1983
- PI: William M Keck Grant for SJSU chemistry faculty research instrumentation, 1984
- PI: C and H Dreyfus Foundation Awards Research with SJSU Undergraduates 2000 to 2015
Service
- NATO: Director Advanced Study Institute
- SJSU: Mentor minorities; Promotion Committee Chair;
- Meeting Convener for Cambridge University
- Referee for scientific proposals to NSF, NIH, DOE and scientific journal Solid State Chemistry.
Selected Publications
Articles
J. G. Chigvinadze, S. M. Ashimov, Juana Vivó Acrivos and D. D. Gulamova. "Critical Temperature of the Superconducting Transition of Individual Phases of Multiphase Bismuth Cuprates After Cooling in a Magnetic Field to a Temperature of 77 K" Low Temperature Physics Vol. 45 Iss. 4 (2019) p. 386 - 394
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/juana_acrivos/142/
Unpublished Papers
J. G. Chigvinadze, Juana Vivó Acrivos, S. M. Ashimov, D. D. Gulamova, et al.. "Superconductivity at Т≈200 K in Bismuth Cuprates Synthesized Using Solar Energy" (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/juana_acrivos/66/
“Physics and Chemistry of electrons and ions in Condensed Matter”, by J.V. Acrivos, NF. Mott and A,D, Yoffe D.Reidel, Dordrecht (1983).
Personal Commentary
The "Physics and Chemistry of electrons and ions in Condensed Matter" trained a new generation of famous scientists. On July 01 2020, still doing research am happy to respond to colleagues and students’ requests .