Dr. Veronica Bermudez Benito is Senior Research Director at the Energy Center at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) where she leads the efforts in research, technology development, and innovation for the Energy Transition department. Dr. Benito has a PhD in Physics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, and holds a number of international awards for her research activity. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy and acts as an independent expert for a number of international funding agencies such as the European Commission and European National funding bodies.
She is also the author or co-author of more than 120 scientific papers in renowned journals, including Nature, Nature Energy and Science. She has delivered a large number of invited and keynote talks at several international conferences and has a relevant patent portfolio. She has extensive experience in laboratory to industry research and technology transfer in the field of sustainable energy, in almost the whole value chain, from materials development to grid integration for generation, storage, and energy management solutions.
She is also an IEEE Senior Fellow and is actively engaged in promoting science among the youth, with a focus on STEM for women.