Xochitl Dominguez Benetton Explained

Birth Name:	Xochitl Dominguez Benetton
Birth Date:	23 July 1980
Birth Place:	Mexico City, Mexico
Known For:	Electrochemical engineering Gas-diffusion electrocrystallization Bioelectrochemistry
Field:	Electrochemistry
Workplaces:	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. She conducts research at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research since 2011.^[1]

She is the inventor of the gas-diffusion electrocrystallization process, which has been heralded as a Great EU-funded innovation 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.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Honours

• She is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers since 2011, holding the SNI II distinction since 2019.^[6]
• She received the award Distinguished Mexicans (in Spanish) in 2022, ^[7] which is the highest honour a Mexican can receive owing their outstanding trajectory abroad Mexico.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Xochitl Dominguez Benetton. scholar.google.com.
2. Web site: Patenta en Europa ingeniera mexicana 4 tecnologías electroquímicas de gran impacto ambiental y económico. March 24, 2017.
3. Web site: Científica mexicana patenta tecnología electroquímica en Europa. Tania. Campos. March 22, 2017. Xataka México.
4. Web site: Mexicana está desarrollando tecnología para limpiar el agua en Europa. March 22, 2017. Noticieros Televisa.
5. Web site: Mexicana patenta en Europa un método para descontaminar el agua de metales. March 22, 2017.
6. https://www.conacyt.gob.mx/images/SNI/2019/RESULTADOS_SNI_CONVOCATORIA_2019_INGRESO_O_PERMANENCIA.pdf Sistema Nacional de Investigadores: members awarded in 2019
7. https://twitter.com/RGrangui/status/1542427084852707328?s=20&t=O-8YNyWA6fEE4Sc2ZD0ugA/ Xochitl Domínguez Benetton recibió premio “Mexicanos Distinguidos”