Dr. Sónia Simões is an Associate professor with aggregation in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the University of Porto. She graduated in 2006 and completed a PhD in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto in 2011. She then received a postdoctoral grant in Materials Science and Engineering. She is a researcher at the Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA) and a member of the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (INEGI). She has participated in the Organizing and Scientific Committees of some national and international events and belongs to the Boards of the Portuguese Materials Society and the Portuguese Microscopy Society. Her research has mainly addressed the study of the microstructural and mechanical characterization of nanomaterials, thin films, multilayers, joining interfaces, carbon nanotubes, and nanocomposites. In particular, she is interested in understanding the relationships between the microstructures and properties of materials and the fundamental underlying mechanisms of structural and property changes induced by some microstructural features (grain growth, formation of new phases, etc.).
