RODIL POSADA, SANDRA ELIZABETH

SANDRA E. RODIL is a member of the Low Dimensional Materials at the Material Research Institute (National Autonomous University of Mexico). She has a bachelor's in physics and received her Ph.D. in engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2001. Her research activity focuses on the research & development of innovative coatings for antimicrobial and osteoconductive biomedical applications. Electrochemical testing of materials for corrosion resistance in biological simulated fluids, sensing applications, or materials characterization and performance. Furthermore, her research interest includes hard and low-friction coatings and, recently, photocatalytic coatings for environmental remediation and hydrogen production. She has been a principal investigator in several international and national projects, published over 170 peer-reviewed articles, and submitted 2 patents. As a university professor, an important goal is the education and training of materials science students, having tutored 19 PhDs, 22 MSCs, and 17 BSc students. She served on different committees of the Materials Research Society and is an active member of the Mexican Materials Research Society. She is editor of the Materials Letters and Materials Letters X Elsevier journals. She has received distinguished awards from her institution, the Newton Advanced Fellowship from the Royal Society and the L’Oréal-UNESCO-AMC award.