She has been Researcher at CONICET since 2019, working at Gerencia Química (CNEA) and INN (CNEA/CONICET). Her current interests focus on the synthesis and structural and mechanical characterization of nanomaterials and surfaces. She earned her degree in Materials Engineering from UNMdP in 2003 and joined Sabato Institute (UNSAM-CNEA) to pursue a Master’s in Materials Science and Technology (2005) and later a PhD in the same field (2009), both under the supervision of Dr. Soler Illia. Both theses were awarded the Sabato Prize for best theses in the field. Between 2009 and 2011, she carried out a postdoctoral stay at the Solar Energy Department (CAC-CNEA) and became a CONICET researcher in 2011, joining the Nanomaterials Chemistry group (CAC-CNEA). She has led national research projects and international measurement campaigns. She has supervised Master and PhD theses, postdoctoral researchers and undergraduate students. She has published two book chapters and around 50 scientific papers related to the design, synthesis, and characterization of materials and surfaces, with applications in optics and sensing. She is co-author of a patent on responsive photonic crystals and has carried out technology transfer activities for CNEA, Y-TEC, and academia. She is currently a professor at UNSAM and the Sabato Institute, a member of the INN's Technology Transfer Commission, and the director of CONICET STANs for the measurement of structural and mechanical properties of materials by nanoindentation and X-ray diffraction.
cecilia.fuertes (at) conicet.gov.ar
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