Introducing our new scientific staff member Mónica I. Acuautla Meneses

Dr Mónica I. Acuautla Meneses recently started as a tenure-track assistant professor in Engineering Materials. Mónica Acuautla Meneses received the Bachelor degree in Mechatronics Engineering in 2007 from the National Polytechnic Institute (UPIITA-IPN), Mexico; the Master in Science degree with the specialization in Electrical Engineering – Bioelectronics in 2010 from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico; and in 2014 the PhD in Micro and Nanoelectronics from the University Aix – Marseille, France.

Her dissertation was on the design and development of flexible gas sensors using ZnO nanoparticles and received the distinction of summa-cum laude. In 2015 she joined the University of Groningen within the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials as postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. dr. B. Noheda, and in 2016 she was awarded a research grant FOM/v from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). Her research aims at the synthesis and characterization of ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, piezoelectric and mechatronic devices, piezoelectric energy harvesting, MEMS/NEMS, flexible electronics and sensors.

Currently Dr. Mónica I. Acuautla Meneses is based in the Discrete Technology & Production Automation group but she will shift to the to be set up new research group in Engineering materials in the future. We warmly welcome Mónica to the ENTEG community and look forward to working with her.