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Raquel Ovalle‐Robles is a leading innovator in the field of advanced nanomaterials, with a primary focus on carbon nanotube (CNT) architectures for energy conversion, sensing, and artificial muscle technologies. Her most impactful work includes the development of electrochemically powered, energy-conserving CNT artificial muscles, which achieve large strokes and high gravimetric work capacities with remarkable efficiency—a seminal contribution cited over 160 times. She also pioneered downsized sheath–core conducting fibers, featuring a buckled CNT sheath on a rubber core, enabling weavable superelastic wires for biosensors, supercapacitors, and strain sensors. This work, cited nearly 160 times, has laid the groundwork for flexible, wearable electronics. Ovalle‐Robles’s research bridges fundamental materials science and practical device engineering, demonstrating how CNT-based fibers can be tailored for high-performance, multifunctional applications. Her contributions are widely recognized for advancing the frontiers of smart textiles and bio-integrated systems, making her a key figure in the development of next-generation, energy-efficient, and responsive materials.