Anel Perales

Imperio Anel earned her bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from ITCM in

2006. She went on to receive her MSc degree in Advanced Technology in 2011 for

CICATA-IPN, followed by a PhD in Applied Sciences from IPICYT, Mexico, in 2015.

During her PhD studies, she completed an international research stay at Sun Moon

University in South Korea, where she focused on investigating the degradation of

pollutants in wastewater. In 2018, she also completed an International Postdoctoral

Research program on electronic devices using 3D printing at the Microsystem

Technological Laboratory at MIT.

Dr. Anel is a co-author of 22 scientific articles and co-inventor of a patent granted in

Mexico and the USA. She has collaborated with Whirlpool Mexico to improve washing

machine efficiency. Currently, she works as a research professor at the Accelerated

Materials Development Unit of the Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable

Manufacturing at Tecnológico de Monterrey. She is also a member of the National

Researchers System of Mexico (SNI-Level I). Her research focuses on nanotechnology

for advanced and sustainable materials, designing smart materials, electronic devices,

semiconductors for environmental remediation, and additive manufacturing.