Career

• 2023 - 2023: Biologist, at iLoF - Intelligent Lab on Fiber, Porto, Portuga
• 2017 - 2023: Ph.D. student (Ph.D. programme in Advanced Therapies for Health, PATH, PD/00169/2013), at 3B’s Research Group, Guimarães, Portugal
• 2017 - 2017: Researcher (project LA ICVS 3Bs, UID/Multi/50026/2013), at 3B’s Research Group, Guimarães, Portuga

Qualifications

• 2023 - Ph.D. in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cells, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
• 2016 - M.S. in Biomedical Engineering – Biomaterials, Rehabilitation, and Biomechanics, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
• 2014 - B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

Awards and Honors

• 2017 - Best Tissue Engineering Idea, Gene2Skin Winter School Activities, Gene2Skin Winter School Conference, Porto, Portugal

Interests

• Chemistry of natural products: extraction, identification, fractionation, and isolation of bioactive compounds from natural matrices.
• Bioactivity of natural products
• Food sustainability: valorization of by-products and agri-food waste
• Encapsulation of natural bioactive compounds into nanoparticles