Tomás Palacios (engineer)
Tomás Palacios | |
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| Born | 1978 (age 47–48) |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouse | Natalia Palacios |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electronics, compound semiconductors, 2D materials |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Optimization of the high frequency performance of nitride-based transistors (2006) |
| Doctoral advisor | Umesh Mishra |
| Website | www |
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.