Dr. Elisabet Prats-Alfonso

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Microelectronics (IMB-CNM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Elisabet Prats-Alfonso conducted her doctoral research at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in the Barcelona Science Park and received her PhD from the University of Barcelona. She is currently a post-doctoral research associate in the Biomedical Applications Group at the Institute of Microelectronics in Barcelona. Her main research interests are the design and fabrication of micro and nano systems for biomedical applications. Currently, her research involves understanding functionalization platforms for biochemical sensors based on graphene transistors. She is part of a science dissemination group, BigVanCiencia,that uses stand-up comedy to explain complex science to non-scientific audiences through television, radio, and theater. She has also written three science books aimed at non-scientific audiences. She gave a TEDx Talk in 2016 highlighting the importance of graphene in a number of applications, including the mapping of brain signals in order to be able to decode them and create an interface to communicate with biomechanical arms or send messages to a voice synthesizer. She is involved in several outreach activities for high school students, including designing and participating in activities showcasing scientific research conducted at her institute.