Xochitl Dominguez Benetton

Xochitl Dominguez Benetton
Xochitl Dominguez Benetton in 2019
Born	Xochitl Dominguez Benetton (1980-07-23) July 23, 1980 (age 45) Mexico City, Mexico
Education	National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico (BS) Mexican Petroleum Institute (DSc)
Known for	Electrochemical engineering Gas-diffusion electrocrystallization Bioelectrochemistry
Scientific career
Fields	Electrochemistry
Institutions	Flemish Institute for Technological Research

Xochitl Dominguez Benetton (born 23 July 1980 in Mexico City) is a Mexican scientist, graduated as a Doctor of Science at the Mexican Petroleum Institute in 2008.^{[ citation needed ]} She conducts research at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research since 2011. ^[1]

She is the inventor ^[2] of the gas-diffusion electrocrystallization process, ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} which has been heralded as a Great EU-funded innovation ^[8] by the Innovation Radar of the European Commission. She is renown in Mexico and Europe for her scientific and patenting activity in the domains of metal recovery from wastewater and synthesis of nanoparticles. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

Honours

• She is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers since 2011, holding the SNI II distinction since 2019. ^[13]
• She received the award Distinguished Mexicans (in Spanish) in 2022, ^[14] which is the highest honour a Mexican can receive owing their outstanding trajectory abroad Mexico.

References

1. "Xochitl Dominguez Benetton". scholar.google.com.
2. EP 3242963,Dominguez Benetton, Xochitl; Alvarez Gallego, Yolanda& Porto-Carrero, Christofet al.,"An electrochemical process for preparing a reaction product of a metal or metalloid element" 
3. Prato, Rafael; van Vught, Vincent; Chayambuka, Kudakwashe; Pozo, Guillermo; Eggermont, Sam; Fransaer, Jan; Dominguez-Benetton, Xochitl (2020). "Synthesis of material libraries using gas diffusion electrodes". Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8 (23): 11674–11686. doi: 10.1039/D0TA00633E .
4. Prato, Rafael; van Vught, Vincent; Eggermont, Sam; Pozo, Guillermo; Marin, Pilar; Fransaer, Jan; Dominguez-Benetton, Xochitl (2019). "Gas Diffusion Electrodes on the Electrosynthesis of Controllable Iron Oxide Nanoparticles". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 15370. Bibcode:2019NatSR...915370P. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51185-x . PMC   6814830 . PMID   31653872.
5. Pozo, Guillermo; de la Presa, Patricia; Prato, Rafael; Morales, Irene; Marin, Pilar; Fransaer, Jan; Dominguez-Benetton, Xochitl (2020). "Spin transition nanoparticles made electrochemically". Nanoscale. 12 (9): 5412–5421. doi: 10.1039/C9NR09884D . PMID   32080699.
6. Pozo, Guillermo; van Houtven, Diane; Fransaer, Jan; Dominguez-Benetton (2020). "Arsenic immobilization as crystalline scorodite by gas-diffusion electrocrystallization". Reaction Chemistry and Engineering. 5 (6): 1118–1128. doi: 10.1039/D0RE00054J .
7. Eggermont, Sam; Prato, Rafael; Dominguez-Benetton, Xochitl; Fransaer (2021). "Oxidation-assisted alkaline precipitation of nanoparticles using gas-diffusion electrodes". Reaction Chemistry and Engineering. Advance Article (6): 1031–1041. doi: 10.1039/D0RE00463D .
8. Union, European. "Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) metals (PGMs) recovery by Gas-Diffusion Electrocrystallization (GDEx)". www.innoradar.eu.
9. "Patenta en Europa ingeniera mexicana 4 tecnologías electroquímicas de gran impacto ambiental y económico". March 24, 2017. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
10. Campos, Tania (March 22, 2017). "Científica mexicana patenta tecnología electroquímica en Europa". Xataka México.
11. "Mexicana está desarrollando tecnología para limpiar el agua en Europa". Noticieros Televisa. March 22, 2017.
12. "Mexicana patenta en Europa un método para descontaminar el agua de metales". March 22, 2017.
13. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores: members awarded in 2019
14. Xochitl Domínguez Benetton recibió premio “Mexicanos Distinguidos”