Xochitl Dominguez Benetton

Born

Xochitl Dominguez Benetton

(1980-07-23) July 23, 1980 (age 45)

Mexico City, Mexico

EducationNational Polytechnic Institute of Mexico (BS)
Mexican Petroleum Institute (DSc)

KnownforElectrochemical engineering
Gas-diffusion electrocrystallization
Bioelectrochemistry

FieldsElectrochemistry

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]}