Last December, Dr. Simona Iliescu has joined CPT as Innovation Manager of the Center. Dr. Simona Iliescu has an extensive experience in the fields of R&D&i and foreign trade, both in private and public sector. She worked for six years as R&D Responsable for an Advanced Ceramic Spanish Company and five years as Associate Professor at the Politechnic University of Catalonia.
In the field of R&D&i has been involved in both, development and management of national and international projects supported / funded by ACC10, CDTI and Framework Programme of the European Union. Her expertise is focused on advanced ceramic materials for applications such as Biomedicine (hip, knee and dental implants), Jewellery, Copper Industry, Aerospace (extreme conditions), Renewable energy, Engineering, etc.
She has worked as a consultant on the analysis of a start-up project in the advanced ceramic materials for a venture capital company, leader in Spain. In the field of foreign trade, she has managed projects promoted by the German Minister of Economy and Technology, has organized and participated in international trade fairs in internationalization process of a leading Spanish Company in the Advanced Materials sector.
Actually she is the Innovation Manager of CPT and she is involved within the development of strategic alliances within industry, academia and technological centers, within the internationalization, innovationa and valorisation strategy of CPT. Simona Iliescu is graduated in Physics by Universitatea de Vest Timisoara, Romania, has a PhD in Materials Science by Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona and a Master in Business Administration by Fundación Politecnica de Catalunya. She published different scientific articles and holds a patent at european level.
She speaks fluently Spanish, English, Catalan and Romanian.
