Elena López (Head of Division, FRAUNHOFER IWS)

Dr. Elena Lopez studied chemical engineering at the Universidad de Valladolid in Spain and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany. She finished her PhD thesis about the topic of plasmachemical etching of silicon solar wafers at the Technische Universitaet Dresden. She is Head of Department for Additive Manufacturing at the Additive Manufacturing Center Dresden (AMCD) at Fraunhofer IWS and teaches AM as adjunct professor. She also represents Women in 3D Printing as Regional Director Europe. She is also part of several Conference Committees all over the world, like ICAM (US) or INTEC (Germany).