Ernesto E. Marinero

Ernesto E. Marinero is a Professor of Materials Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, with a joint appointment in Chemical Engineering. He joined Purdue in 2013 after a distinguished career in industrial research at IBM and Hitachi. His research focuses on nanomaterials for energy storage (e.g., Li-air batteries), spintronics, biosensors, and magnetic materials. He leads the Li-Air Thin Film Energy Storage Devices project and is the Inaugural Purdue Research Foundation Deliberate Innovation Faculty Fellow.

Education: PhD and BSc in Physics from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Professional roles include Director of Deliberate Innovation for Faculty and leadership in the Materials Research Society. He has authored 126+ journal papers and holds 50+ granted patents, with innovations applied in IBM and Hitachi products.

Research emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, spanning Chemical Physics, Materials Science, and Nanotechnology. Collaborations include Argonne National Laboratory and Purdue’s spintronics preeminent team. His work addresses challenges in energy, nanoelectronics, and wearable biosensors.