Esther Rodriguez-Villegas

Esther Rodriguez-Villegas is a Full Professor of Low-Power Electronics at Imperial College, originally known for her engineering techniques to drastically reduce power in integrated circuits. She subsequently focused her research on life-science applications, founding the Wearable-Technologies-Lab. This lab specialises on both: creating innovative wearable-medical technologies to improve management and diagnosis of chronic diseases; and neural interfaces to facilitate brain research whilst improving animals’ welfare. Esther is also a founder, co-CEO and CSO, of two active life-sciences companies, Acurable and TainiTec.

Esther has received many international recognitions and awards, including two European Research Council grants (2009 and 2016), a global XPRIZE-award (2014), and a global AAALAC 3Rs award (2018). She was also named the top scientist/engineer in Spain under the age of 36 in 2009 (Complutense award). Esther has trained over 700 engineers from all around the world, at the Master or PhD level, in ultra low power electronic design and wearable medical devices.