Dr. Daniela Radu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Florida International University (FIU) She also serves as the director of NASA funded CRE2DO Center and NSF PREM Center at FIU. She obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Iowa State University in 2004, her M.S. in Chemistry from “Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 1996, and her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the same university in 1994. Her research interests revolve around materials for optoelectronic applications, such as 2D nanostructures and lasing materials, low-dimensionality materials, solution-processed solar photovoltaics, and materials for quantum science.