V. Corregidor received her PhD in Physics in 2003 from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
She has a Master Degree in Solar Energy (2006) from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
and a Master Degree in Radiation Protection and Safety (2018) by Universidade de Lisboa-Instituto
Superior Técnico (IST). In 2009 she was hired as R&D Manager by the private company
WS Energia, the leader in low-concentration photovoltaic devices. Under her leadership,
she successfully secured significant funding through the QREN candidature (n.005399),
totalling EUR 663,409. Additionally, she provided guidance to numerous students as
an advisor. During the PhD she participated in a European project funded by the
where she assumed the role of Spaniard responsible for characterizing 3 CdTe crystals
grown in microgravity conditions during the STS-95 mission. From 2003 to 2005, VC
joined a European Research Training Network as a postdoctoral researcher at the former
Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear (ITN) in Portugal, to characterize photoelectric cells
using Ion Beam Analytical (IBA) techniques. From 2005 to 2008, VC obtained a postdoctoral
position at Solar Energy Institute-Polytechnic University of Madrid, focusing on the
manufacture of thermophotovoltaic solar cells and lecturing on Basic Electronics.
In August 2009, under the Ciência contract (5 years), VC became responsible for the
external proton microbeam set-up. Her groundbreaking work in this area led to significant
advancements in the characterization of cultural heritage objects. In that period,
VC was co-supervisor for one Ph.D. student and an MSc student (finished June 2014)
being the first MSc thesis in the IST applying IBA techniques to study cultural heritage
artefacts. During December 2014-2018, VC was hired as an Invited researcher by the
IPFN-IST lecturing also at the Physics Department of IST. The work was focused on
data analysis of erosion/deposition and retention properties in the ITER Like Wall
in JET, the only operating fusion device licensed for handling tritium and therefore
capable of conducting experiments with deuterium-tritium plasmas. During 2019, at
C2TN, VC was involved in researching advanced materials for solar cells (perovskites
and CIGS), and studying CH objects thanks to the outputs of previous experience. Since
April 2021 VC has had a permanent contract as Auxiliary Researcher at C2TN-IST being
an opportunity to return to the nuclear microprobe and its application to materials
science. Dr. Corregidor has co-authored numerous publications, including a book,
a book chapter, over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and proceedings, and co-edited
three books of proceedings. VC gave a total of 35 oral presentations (12 invited)
and more than 60 poster presentations at international conferences. Dr. Corregidor's
leadership extends to conference organization, where she has served as co-chair for
one conference and contributed to scientific and local committees for six others.
Besides these recorded data, VC has participated in research colloquia, seminars at
international Universities, and schools, television programs, and journal articles
for a broad audience. VC has joined 18 research projects from competitive funding
(8 European). VC has supervised 1 PhD and 4 MScs, served as an examiner for 5 Ph.D.
and 5 M.Sc degree boards, and acts as a referee in more than 25 journals and 3 foreign
funding agencies. Since July 2023, V.C. has assumed the role of Responsible for the
Radiological Protection and Safety of the Laboratory of Accelerators of IST. Since
Abril 2023, she is the Objective Manager (Materials and Radiation) of the Thematic
strand "Advanced Materials" at the Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN).