Doris Sáez Hueichapan (S’93–M’96–SM’05) was born in Panguipulli, Chile. She received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, in 1995 and 2000, respectively. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile. She is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. She is co-author of Springer-Verlag books: “Hybrid Predictive Control for Dynamic Transport Problems” (2013) and “Optimization of Industrial Processes at Supervisory Level: Application to Control of Thermal Power Plants” (2002). Her research fields are predictive control, fuzzy control design, fuzzy identification, control of renewable energy plants.

Dr. Sáez is the principal investigator for a project to implement a renewable energy micro-grid in two rural Mapuche indigenous communities in Chile. Information about thios project can be found here: www.comunidadesmapuchefcfm.cl/