Emilie Siochi

Dr. Emilie "Mia" Siochi is a senior materials scientist in the Advanced Materials and Processing Branch at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.  Her research interests include structural nanomaterials, bioinspired materials, extreme temperature materials, repurposable structural materials, self-healing materials, antifouling engineered surfaces and energy harvesting.  She has been involved in emerging materials research for the past 20 years.   She coordinates efforts across academia, industry and NASA to advance the manufacturing and technology readiness maturation of structural carbon nanotubes for aerospace applications.  Her team is actively involved in the development of processing methods to capitalize on retention of unique nanoscale properties of carbon nanotubes in macro scale structural aerospace articles.  Mia holds a BS in Chemistry from the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, an MS in Chemistry and a PhD in Materials Engineering Science both from Virginia Tech.