Overview

• Federico García Moliner died on August 14 at age 95, according to statements from the Ayuntamiento de Burriana and the Diputación Provincial de Castellón.
• He won the Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Investigación Científica y Técnica in 1992 and received the Alta Distinción de la Provincia de Castellón in 2023 for his work in solid-state physics.
• Born in Burriana in 1930, he held physics degrees from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and the University of Cambridge before leading research at the CSIC.
• He taught at the University of Illinois for three years, where he mentored students who became notable researchers in the field.
• The town of Burriana dedicated a street in his honor and local officials highlighted his role in creating a school of solid-state physics in Spain.