Ana María Megía Macías

Dr. Ana María Megía Macías is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering (ICAI) of the Universidad Pontificia Comillas, affiliated with the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT). She specializes in plasma engineering, with a focus on ion sources and biomedical applications of plasmas. Her research includes plasma diagnostics, optimization of medical therapies using cold atmospheric plasma, and surface treatment technologies.

She holds a Doctoral Degree in Science and Technology Applied to Industrial Engineering from 2014. Prior roles include work at ESS Bilbao and CERN, and teaching at the University of Deusto. She currently teaches subjects like Physics, Engineering Thermodynamics, and Machine Design at ICAI.

Her research interests span plasma diagnostics for ion sources, plasma medicine, and interdisciplinary projects involving additive manufacturing for medical devices. Key projects include studies on cold plasma for wound treatment and collaborations on hydrogen ion sources for CERN experiments.

Dr. Megía Macías has published extensively on plasma physics and biomedical applications, including work on chronic wound healing and viral inactivation. Awards include the prestigious EmprendeXXI Award for her Medical Plasmas project. She actively reviews for journals like IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement and Review of Scientific Instruments.