Dr. Maria Iliut is the founder and CTO of Grafine Ltd. and a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Manchester, in the Nano-functional Materials Group. Maria was awarded a PhD (2013), MSc (2010) and BSc (2008) from Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania. Her research involves the development of graphene-enhanced polymer composites and their applications.​ She has published over 20 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. 

Dr. Maria Iliut is the founder and CTO of Grafine Ltd. and a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Manchester, in the Nano-functional Materials Group. Maria was awarded a PhD (2013), MSc (2010) and BSc (2008) from Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania. Her research involves the development of graphene-enhanced polymer composites and their applications.​ She has published over 20 papers in international peer-reviewed journals.