Mario Merino Martínez
Professor Mario Merino Martínez
Mario Merino holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where he was Assistant Professor from 2010 to 2013. After his PhD, he worked as a visiting professor for 5 years at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, in the Department of Bioengineering and Aerospace Engineering, where he is currently a full professor. He is a member of the Space Propulsion and Plasmas research group (EP2), where he works on the development of electrodeless plasma engines, on the numerical simulation of plasmas with kinetic, fluid, and wave codes, and on data analysis with data-driven techniques. His active research projects include the ERC Starting Grant ZARATHUSTRA. He has published more than 40 articles in JCR journals, cited more than 700 times, and has h-index 16 (according to Web of Science). He has registered 2 patents and 4 software related to his developments. He was director of the UC3M-SENER Aerospace research chair for the 2020-2021 academic year. His work has received several awards, such as the Prof. Kuriki award from the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society.
More information at: http://mariomerino.uc3m.es/