Tomás Palacios (engineer)

Tomás Palacios
Born1978 (age 47–48)
Alma mater
SpouseNatalia Palacios
Scientific career
FieldsElectronics, compound semiconductors, 2D materials
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisOptimization of the high frequency performance of nitride-based transistors (2006)
Doctoral advisorUmesh Mishra
Websitewww.tpalacios.mit.edu

Tomás A. Palacios Gutiérrez (born 1978) is a Spanish–American Electrical & Microelectronics Engineer known for his work in advanced device and material design. He holds the chair Clarence J. LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL). Palacios is known for inventing a super-thin 'sheet' that can charge mobile phones without electricity.