Véronique Michaud is head of the Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites at EPFL. She graduated from École des Mines in Paris with an engineering degree in 1987, from MIT with a PhD in Materials Engineering in 1991 and obtained a research habilitation from INPG in France in 1994. Her fields of research address fundamental aspects of composite materials processing, often including economic and environmental aspects to lower the overall product footprint, as well as the development of smart materials and structures.