Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vittoria Feola | Early Modern History | Best Researcher Award

University of Padua, Italy.

Vittoria Feola is an Associate Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Padova, Italy. She earned her PhD in History from Cambridge University (2005) and has held prestigious research fellowships, including the Wiener-Anspach and Francqui Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Lise Meitner Senior Postdoc at the Medical University of Vienna. She has been a Senior Visiting Research Associate at Oxford University and a Guest Professor in Rome, among other international appointments. Feola's research explores intelligence, martyrdom, and religious networks in early modern Europe, particularly in the context of Anglo-Spanish relations and Elizabethan England.

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🎓 Education

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vittoria Feola holds a PhD in History from Cambridge University (2005) and has been recognized for her academic excellence through the Cambridge European Trust Award (2000-2003). Her research has been supported by prestigious institutions, including the British Federation of Women Graduates and the Cambridge European Trust, reflecting her significant contributions to historical scholarship.

🏛 Experience

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vittoria Feola is an Associate Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Padova (2015–Present). She has also held prestigious academic positions, including Senior Visiting Research Associate at Oxford University (2014–2017) and Lektorin in Early Modern History of Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna. Additionally, she has served as a Guest Professor at the Pontifical University St. Thomas in Rome and has been a Visiting Fellow at leading institutions such as Yale, Stanford, Toronto, and Cambridge, underscoring her extensive international research collaborations and expertise in early modern history.

🔬 Research Interests

Religious Intelligence and Martyrdom in Anglo-Spanish Relations (1550-1598)

Early Modern Universities and Scientific Networks

Alchemy, Medicine, and Religion in Early Modern England and Europe

Circulation of Knowledge and Printing Networks in the 16th-18th centuries

🏆 Awards & Honors

2023 Erasmus+ Grant, Teaching Stay at the University of Granada

2023 Book Publication Grant for Martyrdom, Intelligence, and National Identity in Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1550-1598

2022 MINI SID Seed Funding for “Spies or Heretics?” Project

2015 Gerda Henkel Co-Funding Grant for the Bartolomeo Gamba Project

2014 Vienna City Council Prize for organizing Scientiae Vienna 2014

2002 British Federation of Women Graduates Research Award

📚 Notable Publications

📄 Feola, V. (2025). The uses of martyrdom works in Philip II's Spain and among Elizabethan English Catholics. Religion and Politics (forthcoming).

📄 Feola, V. (2025). Jesuit intelligence about Elizabethan England. Society and Politics (forthcoming).

📄 Feola, V. (2024). Autobiografia, cattolicesimo e sovranità: il caso di Elias Ashmole (1617-1692). Civiltà e Religioni, 10, 73-101.

📄 Feola, V. (2021). Alchemy, medicine, and religion in Elias Ashmole’s Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. Civiltà e Religioni, VII, 87-122.

📄 Feola, V. (2019). Talismans as automata: Jacques Gaffarel’s Curiositez and the mechanisation of nature in 17th-century France. Society and Politics, 13(2), 61-86.

📄 Feola, V. (2019). Early Modern Violence and Religion. The Sixteenth Century Journal, 50.

Dr. Kyoung-Tae Park | Chemical Engineering | Best Researcher Award

Korea Institute of industrial Technology, South Korea.

Dr. Kyoung-Tae Park is a senior researcher at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, specializing in advanced materials engineering. With a Ph.D. in Green Energy Technology and extensive experience in metallurgy, his research focuses on innovative techniques for metal recycling, thermoelectric materials, and high-performance alloys. Over his career, he has contributed significantly to the fields of materials science, energy technology, and industrial development.

📚 Education

Dr. Kyoung-Tae Park pursued his academic journey at Chungnam National University (CNU), where he laid a strong foundation in metal and materials engineering. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Metal and Materials Engineering from March 2000 to February 2007. Continuing his specialization, he completed a Master of Science in Metal Materials Engineering between March 2008 and February 2010. Subsequently, he achieved his Doctor of Philosophy in Green Energy Technology at the Graduate School of Chungnam National University, from March 2010 to February 2013, focusing on sustainable energy solutions and advanced material applications.

👨‍🌾 Professional Experience

Dr. Kyoung-Tae Park began his career as a Senior Researcher at the Fuel Cell Technology Acquisition Team of POSCO Energy Technology Research Center, where he contributed from February 2013 to November 2013. In February 2013, he joined the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology as a Senior Researcher, where he continues to work, focusing on advanced materials and energy technologies. Additionally, Dr. Park broadened his research expertise through a Visiting Researcher position at the IFW Solid State Physics Institute in Dresden, Germany, from July to September 2015, where he collaborated on cutting-edge solid-state physics projects.

📑 Publications Top Notes

Titanium deoxidation mechanism probed using an electron beam melting method, Electrochemistry Communications, 2025, 170, 107856. (Kim, H.C.; Kwon, N.; Shin, J.-H.; ... Oh, S.J.; Park, K.-T.) Link

Electrochemical behavior of deoxidation titanium scrap process by induced overpotential molten salt electrolyte, Electrochemistry Communications, 2024, 166, 107780. (Kwon, N.; Kim, H.; Ko, U.J.; ... Shin, J.H.; Park, K.-T.) Link

Synthesis and Characteristics of Mesoporous Copper Cobalt Oxides Using the Inverse Micelle Method Fabricated for Supercapacitors, ACS Omega, 2024, 9(5), pp. 5338–5344. (Heo, S.G.; Park, K.-T.; Oh, S.J.; Seo, S.-J.) Link

Pyrometallurgical eco-recycling for Zn and MnO recovery from spent alkaline and Zn–C batteries, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 2024, Article in Press, 200801. (Bae, S.U.; Park, J.H.; Park, K.-T.; Shin, J.H.) Link

Extraction of rare earth elements from neodymium (NdFeB) magnet scrap using magnesium halides, Journal of Rare Earths, 2024, Article in Press. (Heo, S.G.; Yang, J.Y.; Oh, S.J.; ... Lee, M.H.; Park, K.-T.) Link