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My research has focused on developing antibacterial surfaces for biomedical applications, with 18 ISI-indexed papers, three book chapters, and over 300 citations (h-index of 10, Scopus). In 2024, I completed my PhD in Materials Engineering, focusing on improving orthopedic implant interfaces through antibacterial properties and cell stimulation effects. Throughout this time, I have completed four research stays abroad at prominent institutions, including Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), the University of Texas at Austin (USA), and Universidad del País Vasco (Spain). Throughout my career, I have completed four research stays abroad at prominent institutions: Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), the University of Texas at Austin (USA), and Universidad del País Vasco (Spain). Additionally, 9 posters and 6 oral presentations (2 invited) featuring my contributions have been presented at national and international conferences. I was honored with the Best Poster Presentation award (Slovakia, 2019) and received the Young Researcher Award for my oral presentation at EMRS (Poland, 2023). The UTAustin-Portugal Program also recognized my work and awarded me a fellowship in the "Call for Expressions of Interest for Short-Term Research Internships at the University of Texas at Austin 2022," which allowed me to join a research team at the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at UTAustin. I have recently worked on the CLUMOSE Project, where I used my materials science and biology expertise to develop advanced antibacterial applications.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Estela Marisa Oliveira Carvalho

Citation names

  • Carvalho, Estela O.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
331D-16E7-FF9C
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6110-9814

Email addresses

  • eocarvalho@fisica.uminho.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Materials Engineering
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/10 - 2024/07
Concluded
 Materials Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Electroactive materials-based strategies for improving orthopedic implant interfaces through antibacterial and cell stimulation effects" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Highest grade
2015/10 - 2018/01
Concluded
 Biophysics and Bionanosystems (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Development of biodegradable hydrogels loaded with electroactive microspheres for Tissue Engineering applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2012/09 - 2015/07
Concluded
 Genetics and Biotechnology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
"Expansion, loss and retention of Acyl-Coa Synthethase in vertebrates" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/05/01 - 2024/10/31 Researcher (Research) TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2018/12/01 - 2019/10/31 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/11/30 Researcher (Research) TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11/01 - 2024/03/05 PhD Grant Holder Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/09 - 2023/11 Visiting Researcher BCMaterials, Spain
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2022/09 - 2022/12 Visiting Researcher The University of Texas at Austin McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, United States
The University of Texas at Austin, United States
2022/05 - 2022/07 Visiting Researcher Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya - Campus Terrassa, Spain
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
2016/09/01 - 2018/01/24 Master Student Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal
2017/05/03 - 2017/07/03 Master Student (Erasmus Placement) Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2015/06/01 - 2015/08/01 Graduate Student Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2014/03/26 - 2015/03/26 Team member of ADNGB scientific committee Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/05/01 - Current CLUMOSE – Clutch - Brake condition monitoring smart sensor
003/TT/2024
Research Fellow
TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 Exploring Electroactive Microenvironments to re-sensitize Bacteria
2022.02697.PTDC
10.54499/2022.02697.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/01 - 2023/12 e-CTR: Electroactive microenvironment based strategies for Cardiac Tissue Regeneration
2022.15339.CBM
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/12/01 - 2019/10/31 Multiplex point-of-care device for lung disease biomarkers in sputum
ENMed/0049/2016
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/02/01 - 2018/11/30 ElectroBio
032/TT/2017
Research Fellow
TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Marques-Almeida, Teresa; Carvalho, Estela O.; Unai Silvan; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Clarisse Ribeiro. "Electroactive Materials for Tissue Engineering". In Stimuli-Responsive Materials for Tissue Engineering. Wiley, 2024.
    In press
  2. Cardoso, V.F.; Costa, C.M.; Correia, D.M.; Carvalho, E.O.; Perinka, N.; Martins, P.M.; Meira, R.M.; et al. "Solution processing of piezoelectric unconventional structures". In Organic Ferroelectric Materials and Applications, 375-439. Elsevier, 2022.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-821551-7.00006-3
  3. Estela O. Carvaho; Liliana Fernandes; Carlos M. Costa; Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez. "Piezoelectric Polymer Composites for Sensors and Actuators". In Encyclopedia of Materials: Composites, 473-486. Elsevier, 2021.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-819724-0.00005-7
Conference abstract
  1. Carvalho, Estela O.; Fernandes, Margarida M; Padrão, Jorge; Nicolau, Ana; Marqués-Marchán, J.; Asenio, Agustina; Gama, Francisco Miguel; Ribeiro, Clarisse; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu. "Electrically and magnetically active polymer composites for tailoring mammalian and bacterial cell response". Paper presented in 257th National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), Orlando, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Joana Moreira; Margarida M. Fernandes; Estela O. Carvalho; Ana Nicolau; Vesna Lazic; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. "Electroactive materials for a new generation of antimicrobial surfaces". Paper presented in First LaPMET Workshop, 2021.
  2. Estela O. Carvalho; Manuel Gutiérrez-Capitán; Antonio Baldi; Tzanko Tzanov; Javier Hoyo; Arnau Bassegoda; Ilana Perelshtein; et al. "LungCheck: Point-of-care device for multiplexed detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease biomarkers in sputum". Paper presented in CLINAM Summit 12/2020, 2020.
  3. Estela O. Carvalho; Margarida M. Fernandes; Jorge Padrão; Ana Nicolau; Jorge Marques-Marchan; Agustina Asenjo; Francisco M. Gama; Clarisse Ribeiro; Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez. "Evaluation of the bacterial response to piezoelectrical microenvironments". Paper presented in Jornadas CF-UM-UP, 2019.
  4. Brito-Pereira, Ricardo; Pimentel, Eduardo S.; Carvalho, Estela O.; Martins, Pedro M.; Lanceros-Méndez, Senentxu; Cardoso, Vanessa F.. "Active microfluidic substrates based on electroactive electrospun PLLA membranes". Paper presented in MRS 2019, 2019.
  5. Ribeiro, Sylvie; Clarisse Ribeiro; Carvalho, Estela O.; Carmen R. Tubio; Nelson Castro; Pereira, Nelson; Correia, Vitor; Andreia C. Gomes; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu. "Mechano-electrical skeletal muscle cell stimulation for tissue regeneration". Paper presented in Jornadas CF-UM-UP, 2019.
  6. Estela O. Cavalho; Ricardo Pereira ; Vanessa F. Cardoso; Gabriela Botelho; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. "Lungcheck: A new generation of active substrates for advanced point-of-care devices". Paper presented in EuroNanoMed III Training Workshop & Review Seminar for funded projects & NSC5 Meeting, 2019.
  7. Pimentel, Eduardo S.; Brito-Pereira, Ricardo; Martins, Pedro M.; Carvalho, Estela O.; Cardoso, Vanessa F.; Lanceros-Méndez, Senentxu. "Electroactive polymer-based substrates for microfluidic applications". Paper presented in Materials 2019, 2019.
  8. Estela O. Carvalho; Daniela M. Correia; Clarisse Ribeiro; Gabriela Botelho; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendéz. "Desenvolvimento de hidrogéis biodegradáveis carregados com microsferas eletroativas para aplicação em engenharia de tecidos.". Paper presented in V Encontro em Tecnicas de Caracterizações e Análise Química, 2018.
  9. Maria Tamaño-Machiavello; Estela O. Carvalho; Lordes Cordón; Doria S.; Daniela M. Correia; Clarisse Ribeiro; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez; Gomez Ribelles, J.. "Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells expansion and multipotency is strongly influenced by the electroactivity of the culture substrate.". Paper presented in European society for clinical cell analysis, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Carvalho, Estela O.; Fernandes, M.M.; Ivanova, K.; Rodriguez-Lejarraga, P.; Tzanov, T.; Ribeiro, C.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.. Corresponding author: Carvalho, Estela O.. "Multifunctional piezoelectric surfaces enhanced with layer-by-layer coating for improved osseointegration and antibacterial performance". Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 243 (2024): 114123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2024.114123.
    10.1016/j.colsurfb.2024.114123
  2. Carvalho, Estela O.; Marques-Almeida, T.; Cruz, B.D.D.; Correia, D.M.; Esperança, J.M.S.S.; Irastorza, I.; Silvan, U.; et al. "Piezoelectric biomaterials with embedded ionic liquids for improved orthopedic interfaces through osseointegration and antibacterial dual characteristics". Biomaterials Advances 164 (2024): 213970. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioadv.2024.213970.
    10.1016/j.bioadv.2024.213970
  3. Tamaño-Machiavello, M.N.; Carvalho, Estela O.; Correia, D.; Cordón, L.; Lanceros-Méndez, S.; Sempere, A.; Sabater i Serra, R.; Ribelles, J.L. Gómez. "Osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells on electroactive substrates". Heliyon 10 7 (2024): e28880. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28880.
    10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28880
  4. Tubio, Carmen R.; Valle, Xabier; Carvalho, Estela O.; Moreira, Joana; Costa, Pedro; Correia, Daniela M.; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu. "Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Blends with Poly(caprolactone) and Poly(lactic acid): A Comparative Study". Polymers 15 23 (2023): 4566. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15234566.
    10.3390/polym15234566
  5. Manuel Gutiérrez-Capitán; Ana Sanchís; Estela O. Carvalho; Antonio Baldi; Lluïsa Vilaplana; V. F. Cardoso; Álvaro Calleja; et al. "Engineering a Point-of-Care Paper-Microfluidic Electrochemical Device Applied to the Multiplexed Quantitative Detection of Biomarkers in Sputum". ACS Sensors 8 8 (2023): 3032-3042. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.3c00523.
    10.1021/acssensors.3c00523
  6. Estela O. Carvalho; Mikel Rincón-Iglesias; Ricardo Brito-Pereira; Erlantz Lizundia; Margarida M. Fernandes; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. "Designing antimicrobial biomembranes via clustering amino-modified cellulose nanocrystals on silk fibroin ß-sheets". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 242 (2023): 125049-125049. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125049.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125049
  7. Margarida M. Fernandes; Estela O. Carvalho; Daniela M. Correia; J. M. S. S. Esperança; Jorge Padrão; Kristina Ivanova; Javier Hoyo; Tzanko Tzanov; senentxu lanceros-mendez. "Ionic Liquids as Biocompatible Antibacterial Agents: A Case Study on Structure-Related Bioactivity on Escherichia coli". ACS Applied Bio Materials 5 11 (2022): 5181-5189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c00615.
    10.1021/acsabm.2c00615
  8. Costa, Pedro; Polícia, Rita; Perinka, Nikola; Alesanco, Yolanda; Viñuales, Ana; Carvalho, Estela O.; Pereira, Nelson; Fernandes, Margarida M.; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu. "Multifunctional Touch Sensing and Antibacterial Polymer-Based Core-Shell Metallic Nanowire Composites for High Traffic Surfaces". Advanced Materials Technologies (2022): 2101575. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202101575.
    10.1002/admt.202101575
  9. Joana Moreira; Margarida M. Fernandes; Estela O. Carvalho; Ana Nicolau; Vesna Lazic; Jovan M. Nedeljkovic; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. "Exploring electroactive microenvironments in polymer-based nanocomposites to sensitize bacterial cells to low-dose embedded silver nanoparticles". Acta Biomaterialia (2021): 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.07.067.
  10. Margarida M. Fernandes; Pedro Martins; Daniela M. Correia; Estela O. Carvalho; Francisco M. Gama; Manuel Vazquez; Cristina Bran; Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez. "Magnetoelectric Polymer-Based Nanocomposites with Magnetically Controlled Antimicrobial Activity". ACS Applied Bio Materials 4 (2021):
    10.1021/acsabm.0c01125
  11. Estela O. Carvalho; Clarisse Ribeiro; Daniela M. Correia; Gabriela Botelho; Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez. "Biodegradable Hydrogels Loaded with Magnetically Responsive Microspheres as 2D and 3D Scaffolds.". Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) (2020): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7761810.
    10.3390/nano10122421
  12. João Nunes-Pereira; Pedro Costa; Liliana Fernandes; Estela O. Carvalho; Margarida M. Fernandes; Sónia A. C. Carabineiro; Josephus G. Buijnsters; Carmen R. Tubio; Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez. "Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Properties of Fluorinated Polymers with Embedded Functionalized Nanodiamonds". ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2 (2020):
    10.1021/acsapm.0c00869
  13. Sylvie Ribeiro; Clarisse Ribeiro; Estela O. Carvalho; Carmen R. Tubio; Nelson Castro; Nelson Pereira; Vitor Correia; Andreia C. Gomes; Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez. "Magnetically Activated Electroactive Microenvironments for Skeletal Muscle Tissue Regeneration". ACS Applied Bio Materials (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.0c00315.
    10.1021/acsabm.0c00315
  14. André S. Macedo; Estela O. Carvalho; Vanessa F. Cardoso; Daniela M. Correia; Carmen R. Tubio; A. Fidalgo-Marijuan; Gabriela Botelho; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. "Tailoring electroactive poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) microspheres by a nanoprecipitation method". Materials Letters 261 (2020): 127018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2019.127018.
    10.1016/j.matlet.2019.127018
  15. Margarida M. Fernandes; Estela O. Carvalho; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. "Electroactive Smart Materials: Novel Tools for Tailoring Bacteria Behavior and Fight Antimicrobial Resistance". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 7 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00277.
    10.3389/fbioe.2019.00277
  16. Estela O. Carvalho; Margarida M. Fernandes; Jorge Padrão; Ana Nicolau; Jorge Marques-Marchan; Agustina Asenjo; Francisco M. Gama; Clarisse Ribeiro; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. "Tailoring Bacteria Response by Piezoelectric Stimulation". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 30 (2019): 27297-27305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b05013.
    10.1021/acsami.9b05013
  17. Mónica Lopes-Marques; André M. Machado; Raquel Ruivo; Elza Fonseca; Estela O. Carvalho; Luis Filipe C. Castro. "Expansion, retention and loss in the Acyl-CoA synthetase “ Bubblegum ” ( Acsbg ) gene family in vertebrate history". Gene 664 (2018): 111-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2018.04.058.
    10.1016/j.gene.2018.04.058
  18. Sobreiro-Almeida, R.; Tamaño-Machiavello, M.; Carvalho, E.; Cordón, L.; Doria, S.; Senent, L.; Correia, D.; et al. "Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Growth and Osteogenic Differentiation on Piezoelectric Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Microsphere Substrates". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 18 11 (2017): 2391. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms18112391.
    10.3390/ijms18112391
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Electroactive materials-based strategies for improving orthopedic implant interfaces through antibacterial and cell stimulation effects". PhD, Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, 2024.
  2. Carvalho, Estela. "Development of biodegradable hydrogels loaded with electroactive microspheres for Tissue Engineering applications". Master, Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, 2018.

Other

Other output
  1. Exploring Electroactive Microenvironments in Polymer-Based Nanocomposites to Sensitize Bacterial Cells to Low Doses of Antimicrobials. 2021. Moreira, J.; Fernandes, M.M.; Carvalho, E.O.; Nicolau, A.; Lazic, V.; Nedeljkovic, J.M.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85110982414&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2139/ssrn.3805156
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/27 Printable multifunctional, stimuli-responsive and programmable biomaterials for advanced therapies iSMIT2024
Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (Cárceres, Spain)
2024/09/26 Electroactive materials in the scope of biomedical applications: from biomedical monitoring and actuation to advanced tissue regeneration strategies iSMIT2024
Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (Cárcers, Spain)
2024/09/03 Optimizing orthopedic interfaces with piezoelectric matrices embedded with ionic liquids through osseointegration and antibacterial dual characteristics CMD31-General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division
European Physical Society (Braga, Portugal)
2024/03/17 Exploring novel strategies to fight antimicrobial resistance: advancements in electroactive materials ACS Spring 2024
American Chemical Society (New Orleans, United States)
2023/09/18 Synergistic effects of piezoelectric materials for implant applications: enhancing osseointegration and antibacterial properties 2023 Fall Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS)
European Materials Research Society (Warsaw, Poland)
2019/04/15 Electroactive polymer-based substrates for microfluidic applications Materiais 2019
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/09/18 - 2023/09/22 Symposia assistant at Symposium N - "Sustainable advanced and multifunctional polymer based materials for sensor and actuators, energy and environmental applications" (2023/09/18 - 2023/09/22)
Symposium (Other)
 European Materials Research Society, Poland
2015/03/26 - 2015/03/28 VII Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia (2015/03/26 - 2015/03/28)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/02/07 - 2025/02/07 Presentation of a talk about "Nanotecnologia: o que é, onde estamos e para onde caminhamos" to high school students Escola Secundária Rodrigues de Freitas
Escola Secundária Rodrigues de Freitas, Portugal
2025/01/29 - 2025/01/29 Presentation of a talk about "Nanotecnologia: o que é, onde estamos e para onde caminhamos" to high school students Escola Secundária Henrique Medina
Escola Secundária Henrique Medina, Portugal
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 Participation as a collaborator demonstrating scientific experiments to individuals and/or groups
Exhibition
 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores – SCIGLO – Science for Global Challenges
2024/04/18 - 2024/04/18 Participation as a collaborator demonstrating scientific experiments to individuals and/or groups
Exhibition
 Universiade portas Abertas UPA 2024
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/12/19 - 2023/12/19 Attendance in the "Materials Science for Environment and Beyond" workshop
Workshop
 INDESMOF-RISE-MSCA project
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30 Participation as a collaborator demonstrating scientific experiments to individuals and/or groups
Exhibition
 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2022: Science for Everyone (SCIEVER) – Sustainability and Inclusion
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 Participation as a collaborator demonstrating scientific experiments to individuals and/or groups
Exhibition
 Noite europeia dos Investigadores 2021 : SCICLI - Science for Climate
2020/03/02 - 2020/03/20 Attendance in the "Recent Trends in CNS Regenerative Medicine" course
Seminar
 Advanced Course
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/04 Participation as a collaborator, supervising experimental activities on the framework of "Programa Os melhores alunos" program under the topic "Síntese de microsferas compósitas de poli(L-ácido lático) e ferrites de cobalto"
Workshop
 Programa Os melhores alunos
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/03/10 Plataforma com estímulo elétrico para libertação de fármacos através de scaffolds inteligentes
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Isabel Vila Nova Oliveira (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2014/01 - 2015/06 Team member of ADNGB scientific committee
Member
 Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/05/09 - 2025/05/09 Class presentation on the advanced course "Advanced Materials and Advanced Strategies for Antimicrobial Applications" Biofísica e Bionanossistemas (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal
2025/05/09 - 2025/05/09 Practical classes on the advanced course "Advanced Materials and Advanced Strategies for Antimicrobial Applications" Biofisica e Bionanossistemas (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal
2023/05 - 2023/05 Class presentation on the advanced course "Advanced Materials and Strategies for Hygienic and Antibacterial Surfaces" Biofísica e Bionanossistemas (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/05 - 2023/07 Synthesis of amides by metal-catalyzed aerobic oxidizing methods Leixuri Baños Berganza
2023/03 - 2023/06 Chitin-based materials for antimicrobial purposes Alaitz Etxabide Etxeberria
2022/04 - 2022/06 MOFs for biomedical applications Leire Celaya Azcoaga
2021/11 - 2021/12 Design of chitosan-based materials for food applications Iratxe Zarandona
Distinctions

Award

2023 Young Researcher Award
European Materials Research Society, Poland
2022 Call for Expressions of Interest for Short-Term Research Internships at the University of Texas at Austin 2022
UT Austin Portugal Program, Portugal
2019 Best Poster of EuroNanoMed Review Seminar for Funded Projects
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Slovakia