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Vania C. Pinto is a Junior Researcher in the Microelectromechanical Systems Research Unit - CMEMS and LABBELS Associate Laboratory, at University of Minho, and, since 2019, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the same university (teaching curricular units such as Biosensors, Bionanotechnology, Introduction to Microsystems and Microtechnologies, among others). She is graduated in Biotechnology Engineering with master's in Micro/Nano Technologies. In May 2017, she finished her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minho, with the theme: "Microfluidic Immunosensor for salivary cortisol". She was awarded, in 2021 with a junior Researcher Contract - Stimulus of Scientific Employment, Individual Support (CEECIND), reference 2021.01087.CEECIND - 4th Edition (2021), for 6 years, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). V.C. Pinto was Postdoctoral Researcher in the FoodSens European granted project (EU- POCTEP-Interreg, reference 0591_FOODSENS) at Microelectromechanical Systems Research Unit in University of Minho, developing a LoC for in-situ toxic phytoplankton identification by combining microfluidic flow cytometry with optoelectronics. This project led to her cooperation with national (ICETA, LEICAR) and international (ANFACO & CSIC, Spain) institutions and researchers. During her scientific activities, she has been enrolled in 13 R&D projects being Principal Investigator at 3 of them: (1) PhageSensor: Portable Dual-Mode Device for Measuring Bacteriophage Activity (LABBELS Intramural Funding, January – December 2025) (2) Eye-on-shell: : Lab-on-a-chip for in situ toxic phytoplankton identification and quantification, DOI 10.54499/2021.01087.CEECIND/CP1664/CT0020 (funded by FCT, 2022-2024) (3) OoCDOXSens: Organ-on-a-chip platforms integrated with Microneedles and Photoacoustic detection for drug delivery system precise monitoring, RESTART Programme - 2nd Editio (funded by FCT, 2025-2027). She published 25 papers in specialized international journals, 14 papers as proceedings of scientific meetings, 1 section(s) of books, 2 EP patents, having more than 400 citations and h-index: 11(Scopus). V.C. Pinto supervised 1 finished PhD (FCT grant) of International Doctoral Programme Do*Mar, untitled "Lab-on-a-chip for in situ toxic phytoplankton identification and quantification", 6 master student (3 of them finalized), 8 search fellows and 7 undergraduate students. She was also guest-editor of one Special Issues related to Micro/Nano Devices: "Novel Technology and Applications of Micro/Nano Devices and System", Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417, IF 2.474). VP is also an Ad Hoc international journal reviewer (e.g., IEEE Sensors Journal, Algal Research from Elsevier). V.C. Pinto has >260 h of teaching experience at the Dept. Industrial Electronics, University of Minho, in the area of microtechnologies and biosensors. Her main research area is Biomedical Microsystems, focusing on lab-on-a-chip devices, microfluidics, microfabrication techniques, immunosensors, optical detection and marine monitoring device.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vânia Cristina Gonçalves Pinto

Citation names

  • V.C.Pinto

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
791D-1CC0-6F40
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3395-1251
Scopus Author Id
56289482100

Email addresses

  • vpinto@dei.uminho.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Universidade do Minho, Escola de Engenharia, CMEMS, DEI, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 , Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Education
Degree Classification
2012 - 2017/05/29
Concluded
 PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Microfluidic Immunosensor for salivary cortisol quantification" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aproved with very good
2009 - 2011
Concluded
 M.Sc. Degree in Micro/Nano Technologies (Mestrado)
Major in Microfabrication
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"Study, optimization and characterization of SU-8 structures for microfluids devices using lithographic methods" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 (in 20)
2005 - 2008
Concluded
 Biotechnological Engineering (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 (in 20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/05 - 2028/05 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09/01 - Current Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/03/01 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/09/19 - 2020/03/02 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/01 - 2022/03/31 Postdoctoral Researcher in European Project "Transfer of technologies to reduce food risks" 0591_FoodSens_1_E (FEDER through Programa INTERREG V-A Espanha-Portugal (POCTEP) 2014-2020) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2019/07/01 - 2019/12/31 Postdoctoral researcher, Projeto Estratégico CMEMS UID/EEA/04436/2019 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2017/07/01 - 2019/06/30 Postdoctoral researcher in the project "(NEXT-SEA) Next generation monitoring of coastal ecosystems in a scenario of global change", NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000032. Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2012/01/01 - 2015/12/31 PhD research fellow, Reference SFRH/BD/81526/2011: "Microfluidic Immunosensor for salivary cortisol quantification". Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010/10/01 - 2011/09/30 Master student under the research project: Study, optimization and characterization of SU-8 structures for microfluids devices using lithographic methods Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/07/01 - 2019/12/31 Center for MicroElectroMechanical Systems
Project UID/EEA/04436/2019
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/06 - 2019/12 (NEXT-SEA)- Next generation monitoring of coastal ecosystems in a scenario of global change
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000032
Post-doc Fellow
Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Ongoing
2012/01/01 - 2015/12/31 Microfluidic Immunosensor for salivary cortisol quantification
SFRH/BD/81526/2011
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - 2029/12/31 Microelectromechanical Systems Research Unit
UID/04436/2025
10.54499/UID/04436/2025
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2027/01 - 2028/08 NeuroTech4Med: Blood-brain-barrier-on-a-chip: neuromimetic sensing-platform for studying the nanotechnology-biology interface to treat Alzheimer’s disease
COMPETE2030-FEDER-00712000
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Microssistemas Eletromecânicos, Portugal
2025/07/02 - 2028/06/30 "CardioSensing: Novel multiplexer microfluidic platform for fast molecular diagnosis of stroke"
COMPETE2030-FEDER-00689800
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/05/27 - 2028/05/26 Lab-on-a-chip for in-situ aquatic microplastics identification and quantification by Infra-Red optoacoustics
2021.01087.CEECIND/CP1664/CT0020
10.54499/2021.01087.CEECIND/CP1664/CT0020
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2026/01 - 2027/06 PhytOS- Revolutionizing in-situ Phytoplankton identification: Digital Holography and Multispectral detection integrated in a microfluidic device
2024.14706.PEX
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Microssistemas Eletromecânicos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/05/01 - 2027/04/30 IMAGINE - Next generation imaging technologies to probe structure and function of biological specimen across scales in their natural context
101094250-IMAGINE
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
 Horizon 2020
Ongoing
2025 - 2027 OoCDOXSens: Organ-on-a-chip platforms integrated with Microneedles and Photoacoustic detection for drug delivery system precise monitoring
2024.05146.RESTART
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2025/01/01 - 2025/12/31 PhageSensor: Portable Dual-Mode Device for Measuring Bacteriophage Activity
LABBELS_IMF.2025A
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
 Universidade do Minho Labbels
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Associate Laboratory on Biotechnology, Bioengineering and microELectromechanical Systems
10.54499/LA/P/0029/2020
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/03/28 - 2024/12/31 PlastiSensor- Lab-on-a-chip for in-situ aquatic microplastics identification and quantification by infrared cytometry
PTDC/EAM-OCE/6797/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03/12 - 2024/09/11 Organ-on-a-chip with integrated photoacoustic system: a preclinical platform for drug release monitoring
2022.02165.PTDC
10.54499/2022.02165.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022/01/17 - 2024/01/16 Lab-on-a-chip for in situ toxic phytoplankton identification and quantification
EXPL/EAM-OCE/1155/2021
10.54499/EXPL/EAM-OCE/1155/2021
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2022/02/28 Transfer of Technologies to Reduce Food Risks, European project at Interreg VA Espanha-Portugal (POCTEP)
0591_FOODSENS_1_E
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
 Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Concluded
2020/07/27 - 2020/10/23 Verão com Ciência-i9MASKS
I9MASKS
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/06/15 - 2017/12/31 iProof20 "Device for automatic detection of malaria parasites"
U. Norte Inova Project
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
Concluded
2011/09 - 2014/08 MyLab-Development of a portable commercial prototype for obtaining biological fluids laboratorial data on-chip
MyHealth
Researcher
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020 - 2023 CMEMS Strategic Project 2020-2023 UID/EEA/04436/2020
UID/EEA/04436/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019 - 2019 CMEMS Strategic Project 2019
UID/EEA/04436/2019
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2015 - 2018 CMEMS Strategic Project 2015-2018
UID/EEA/04436/2013
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Angela Meireles; João Fernandes; V.C.Pinto; L.M. Goncalves. ""Cooling System for PDMS Masks", under i9MASKS FCT Summer School, University of Minho". Paper presented in i9MASKS, FCT"Verão com Ciência", Guimarães, 2020.
  2. Inês Miranda; V.C.Pinto; Paulo Sousa; Graça Minas. ""UV-C sterilization of the PDMS", under i9MASKS FCT Summer School, University of Minho". Paper presented in i9MASKS, FCT "Verão com Ciência" Workshop, Guimarães, 2020.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. FERREIRA, FILIPE; P. J. Sousa; G. Minas; Lima, R. A.; V.C.Pinto; Catarino, Susana. Corresponding author: Catarino, Susana. "Numerical and experimental analysis of mixing efficiency in passive micromixers under laminar flow". Paper presented in The 8th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG 2025), Aveiro, 2025.
    Submitted
  2. João Ferreira; Vânia Pinto; Tiago Matos; Susana O. Catarino; Graça Minas; P. J. Sousa. "Low-Cost Photoacoustic System for Biomedical Applications". Paper presented in BIOSTEC 2025 – 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (Special Session on Electromagnetic waves for healthcare - EM4Health 2025), Porto, 2025.
    Published
  3. Ferreira, Gabriel M.; Sousa, Paulo J.; Pinto, Vânia C.; Catarino, Susana O.; Sousa, Patrícia C.; Minas, Graça. "A Numerical Study of the Heat Distribution Generated by a Microheater in an Organ-on-a-Chip Chamber". 2023.
    10.1109/enbeng58165.2023.10175328
  4. Maia, Renata; Sousa, Paulo; Pinto, Vânia; Lima, Rui; Minas, Graça; Rodrigues, Raquel O.. "Development and Characterization of Porous PDMS Microneedles". 2023.
    10.1109/enbeng58165.2023.10175361
  5. Pinheiro, Bruna R.; Dinis, Hugo D.; Catarino, Susana O.; Pinto, Vânia C.; Sousa, Paulo J.; Minas, Graça. "Experimental Characterization of a Piezoelectric Transducer for Integration into a Photoacoustic System". 2023.
    10.1109/enbeng58165.2023.10175329
  6. Sá, Leonardo R. C.; Pinto, Vânia C.; Sousa, Paulo J.; Magalhães, Vitor H.; Carvalho, Denise A. M.; Afonso, José A.; Fernández, Emilio; Minas, Graça; Gonçalves, Luís M.. "Portable and Low-Cost Fluorometer for Phytoplankton Monitoring". 2023.
    10.1109/enbeng58165.2023.10175351
  7. Magalhães, Vitor H.; Pinto, Vânia C.; Sousa, Paulo J.; Gonçalves, Luís M.; Fernández, Emilio; Minas, Graça. "A microfluidic device for size-based microplastics and microalgae separation". 2023.
    10.1109/enbeng58165.2023.10175366
  8. Penso, C.M.; Rocha, J.L.; Martins, M.S.; Sousa, P.J.; Pinto, V.C.; Minas, G.; Silva, M. M.; Goncalves, L.M.. "A cost-effective oxygen probe manufactured by simple fabrication processes". San Diego, 2021.
    Accepted • 10.23919/oceans44145.2021.9705856
  9. Violeta Carvalho; Paulo Sousa; Vânia Pinto; Ricardo Ribeiro; Pedro Costa; Senhorinha Teixeira; Rui Lima. "Hemodynamic Studies in Coronary Artery Models Manufactured by 3D Printing". Paper presented in International Conference Innovation in Engineering, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-79165-0_19
  10. Pinto, Vania C.; Sousa, Paulo J.; Magalhaes, Vitor H.; Araujo, Catarina F.; Minas, Graca; Goncalves, Luis M.. "Cost-Efective Lab-on-a-Chip Device for Seawater pH Quantification by Optical Methods". 2019.
    10.1109/transducers.2019.8808810
  11. Magalhaes, V. H.; Pinto, V.C.; Sousa, P. J.; Catarino, S. O.; Goncalves, L. M.; Minas, G.. "Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Micromixers Geometries for High Ratio Flow Rates". Lisboa, 2019.
    10.1109/enbeng.2019.8692474
  12. Catarino, S.O.; Pinto, V.C.; Sousa, P.J.; Lima, R.; Miranda, J.M.; Minas, G.. "A numerical and experimental study of acoustic micromixing in 3D microchannels for lab-on-a-chip devices". 2016.
    10.1109/EMBC.2016.7592011
  13. P. J. Sousa; L. R. Silva; V.C.Pinto; L. M. Goncalves; G. Minas. "Flexible gastrointestinal pressure-sensitive tube based on aluminium thin-film". Paper presented in 26th Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop – MME2015, Toledo, 2015.
  14. P. J. Sousa; L. R. Silva; V.C.Pinto; L. M. Gonçalves; G. Minas. "Flexible gastrointestinal pressure-sensitive tube based on aluminium thin-film strain-gauge arrays". Paper presented in In 26th Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop ¿ MME2015, Toledo, 2015.
  15. Pinto, V.C.; Minas, G.; Correia-Neves, M.. "PDMS biofunctionalization study for the development of a microfluidic device: Application to salivary cortisol". 2015.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088852
Conference poster
  1. Carvalho, Violeta; Rodrigues, Raquel O.; P. J. Sousa; V.C.Pinto; G. Minas; Bañobre-López, Manuel; Teixeira, S F C F; Lima, R.. Corresponding author: Carvalho, Violeta. "Dynamic Liver-on-a-Chip platform for nanomedicine studies". Paper presented in 12th Galenus International Workshop: Bioengineering the future of drug delivery, 2025.
  2. Carvalho, Violeta; Rodrigues, Raquel O.; Bañobre-López, Manuel; P. J. Sousa; V.C.Pinto; G. Minas; Teixeira, S F C F; Lima, R.. "Cancer-on-a-chip platform for nanomedicine studies - A combination of numerical and experimental approaches". Paper presented in LABBELS Meet, 2024, 2024.
  3. P. J. Sousa.. "Organ-on-a-chip with integrated photoacoustic system: a preclinical platform for drug release monitoring". Paper presented in ENCONTRO CIÊNCIA 2024, 2024.
  4. Vitor Magalhães. "A device for toxic phytoplankton identification and quantification". Paper presented in ENCONTRO CIÊNCIA 2024, 2024.
  5. Raquel Oliveira Rodrigues.. "INTEGRATION OF POROUS MICRONEEDLES AS AIDING SENSING TOOL FOR ORGAN-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES". Paper presented in ENCONTRO CIÊNCIA 2024, 2024.
  6. Carvalho, Violeta; Rodrigues, Raquel O.; Bañobre-López, Manuel; P. J. Sousa; V.C.Pinto; G. Minas; Lima, R.. "Fluid flow dynamics within an organ-on-a-chip model: numerical assessment and experimental validation". Paper presented in oint meeting ENS-CCA/PRECISION-BTC-NETWORK, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Magalhães, Vitor; Pinto, Vânia; Sousa, Paulo; Afonso, José A.; Gonçalves, Luís; Fernández, Emilio; Minas, Graça. "A portable and low-cost optical device for pigment-based taxonomic classification of microalgae using machine learning". Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 423 (2025): 136819. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2024.136819.
    10.1016/j.snb.2024.136819
  2. Pinheiro, Bruna; Pinto, Vânia; Dinis, Hugo; Belsley, Michael; Catarino, Susana; Minas, Graça; Sousa, Paulo. "Development of a photoacoustic acquisition system and their proof-of-concept for hemoglobin detection". Heliyon 11 1 (2025): e41083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41083.
    10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41083
  3. Matos, T.; Pinto, V.C.; Sousa, P.J.; Martins, M.S.; Fernández, E.; Goncalves, L.M.. "Exploring local chlorine generation through seawater electrolysis to Extend optical sensor lifespan in marine environments". Chemical Engineering Journal 500 (2024): 156836. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.156836.
    10.1016/j.cej.2024.156836
  4. Carvalho, Violeta; Rodrigues, Nelson; Sousa, Paulo; Pinto, Vânia; Rodrigues, Cristina S.; Shin, Su Ryon; Bañobre-López, Manuel; et al. "Numerical assessment of the hydrogel physical properties’ effect on oxygen gradients in an organ-on-a-chip biosystem". Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow 7 3 (2024): 258-269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42757-024-0216-z.
    10.1007/s42757-024-0216-z
  5. Diogo Costa; Patrícia Pereira-Silva; Paulo Sousa; Vânia Pinto; Joel Borges; Filipe Vaz; Graça Minas; Paula Sampaio. "Critical Issues on the Surface Functionalization of Plasmonic Au-Ag/TiO2 Thin Films with Thiolated Oligonucleotide-Based Biorecognition Elements". Biosensors (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/bios14040159.
    10.3390/bios14040159
  6. Maia, Renata; Sousa, Paulo; Pinto, Vânia; Soares, Delfim; Lima, Rui; Minas, Graça; Rodrigues, Raquel O.. "PDMS porous microneedles used as engineered tool in advanced microfluidic devices and their proof-of-concept for biomarker detection". Chemical Engineering Journal (2024): 149725. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.149725.
    10.1016/j.cej.2024.149725
  7. Carvalho, Violeta; Gonçalves, Inês M.; Rodrigues, Nelson; Sousa, Paulo; Pinto, Vânia; Minas, Graça; Kaji, Hirokazu; et al. "Numerical evaluation and experimental validation of fluid flow behavior within an organ-on-a-chip model". Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 243 (2024): 107883. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107883.
    10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107883
  8. Ferreira, Gabriel M.; Azevedo, Filipe M.; Sousa, Paulo J.; Pinto, Vânia C.; Catarino, Susana O.; Sousa, Patrícia C.; Minas, Graça. "Numerical simulation, fabrication, and characterization of a heating system for integration into an Organ-on-a-Chip". Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 363 (2023): 114699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2023.114699.
    10.1016/j.sna.2023.114699
  9. Magalhães, Vitor; Pinto, Vânia; Sousa, Paulo; Gonçalves, Luís; Fernández, Emilio; Minas, Graça. "Spiral inertial microfluidics for separation and concentration of phytoplankton". Algal Research 76 (2023): 103317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103317.
    10.1016/j.algal.2023.103317
  10. Vânia Pinto; Paulo Sousa; Graça Minas. "Special Issue on Novel Technology and Applications of Micro/Nano Devices and System". Applied Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031856.
    10.3390/app13031856
  11. Tiago Matos; Vânia Pinto; Paulo Sousa; Marcos Martins; Emilio Fernández; Renato Henriques; Luis Miguel Gonçalves. "Design and In Situ Validation of Low-Cost and Easy to Apply Anti-Biofouling Techniques for Oceanographic Continuous Monitoring with Optical Instruments". Sensors (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020605.
    10.3390/s23020605
  12. Denise A. M. Carvalho; Vânia C. Pinto; Paulo J. Sousa; Vitor H. Magalhães; Emilio Fernández; Pedro A. Gomes; Graça Minas; Luís M. Gonçalves. "Methodology for Phytoplankton Taxonomic Group Identification towards the Development of a Lab-on-a-Chip". Applied Sciences 12 11 (2022): 5376-5376. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12115376.
    10.3390/app12115376
  13. Juan Rodríguez-Herrera; Ana G. Cabado; Gustavo Bodelón; Sara C. Cunha; Vânia Pinto; José O. Fernandes; Jorge Lago; et al. "Methodological Approaches for Monitoring Five Major Food Safety Hazards Affecting Food Production in the Galicia–Northern Portugal Euroregion". Foods (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11010084.
    10.3390/foods11010084
  14. Camila M. Penso; João L. Rocha; Marcos S. Martins; Paulo J. Sousa; Vânia C. Pinto; Graça Minas; Maria M. Silva; Luís M. Goncalves. "PtOEP-PDMS-Based Optical Oxygen Sensor". Sensors (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/s21165645.
    10.3390/s21165645
  15. Sousa, Paulo J.; Pinto, Vânia C.; Magalhães, Vitor H.; Rodrigues, Raquel O.; Sousa, Patrícia C.; Minas, Graça. "Development of Highly Sensitive Temperature Microsensors for Localized Measurements". Applied Sciences 11 9 (2021): 3864. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11093864.
    Open access • Accepted • 10.3390/app11093864
  16. Pinto, V.C.; Sousa, P.J.; Vieira, E.M.F.; Gonçalves, L.M.; Minas, G.. "Antibiofouling strategy for optical sensors by chlorine generation using low-cost, transparent and highly efficient electrodes based on platinum nanoparticles coated oxide". Chemical Engineering Journal 404 (2021): 126479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.126479.
    10.1016/j.cej.2020.126479
  17. S. O. Catarino; V.C.Pinto (791D-1CC0-6F40); P. J. Sousa; R. Lima; J. M. Miranda; G. Minas. "Portable Device for Optical Quantification of Hemozoin in Diluted Blood Samples". IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tbme.2019.2913454.
    10.1109/tbme.2019.2913454
  18. Pinto, V.C.; Araújo, C.F.; Sousa, P.J.; Gonçalves, L.M.; Minas, G.. "A low-cost lab-on-a-chip device for marine pH quantification by colorimetry". Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 290 (2019): 285-292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2019.03.098.
    10.1016/j.snb.2019.03.098
  19. Pinto, V.; Sousa, P.; Catarino, S.O.; Correia-Neves, M.; Minas, G.. "Microfluidic immunosensor for rapid and highly-sensitive salivary cortisol quantification". Biosensors and Bioelectronics 90 (2017): 308-313. 10.1016/j.bios.2016.11.067.
    10.1016/j.bios.2016.11.067
  20. M.P. Sousa; N. I. Martins; C. A. Custódio; V.C.Pinto; P. J. Sousa; F. Cleymand; J. F. Mano. "Freestanding multilayered membranes patterned with micro-reservoirs as potential regenerative paths". Tissue Engineering Part a 23 (2017): S55-S55.
    Published
  21. Cardoso, V.F.; Machado, A.R.; Pinto, V.C.; Sousa, P.J.; Botelho, G.; Minas, G.; Lanceros-Méndez, S.. "From superhydrophobic- to superhydrophilic-patterned poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene) architectures as a novel platform for biotechnological applications". Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics 54 18 (2016): 1802-1810. https://doi.org/10.1002/polb.24099.
    10.1002/polb.24099
  22. Martins, N.I.; Sousa, M.P.; Custódio, C.A.; Pinto, V.C.; Sousa, P.J.; Minas, G.; Cleymand, F.; Mano, J.F.. "Multilayered membranes with tuned well arrays to be used as regenerative patches". Acta Biomaterialia (2016): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2017.04.021.
    10.1016/j.actbio.2017.04.021
  23. Sousa, P.J.; Silva, L.R.; Pinto, V.C.; Goncalves, L.M.; Minas, G.. "A thin-film aluminum strain gauges array in a flexible gastrointestinal catheter for pressure measurements". Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 26 8 (2016): https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/26/8/084011.
    10.1088/0960-1317/26/8/084011
  24. Pinto, V.C.; Sousa, P.J.; Cardoso, V.F.; Minas, G.. "Optimized SU-8 processing for low-cost microstructures fabrication without cleanroom facilities". Micromachines 5 3 (2014): 738-755. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi5030738.
    10.3390/mi5030738
  25. Ferreira, D.S.; Pinto, V.C.; Correia, J.H.; Minas, G.. "Spectroscopic detection of gastrointestinal dysplasia using optical microsensors". IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 58 9 (2011): 2633-2639. 10.1109/TBME.2011.2160263.
    10.1109/TBME.2011.2160263
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. V.C.Pinto. "Microfluidic Immunosensor for salivary cortisol quantification". PhD, Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, 2017.
  2. V.C.Pinto. "Study, optimization and characterization of SU-8 structures for microfluids devices using lithographic methods". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2011.

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2022. "V. C. Pinto, P. J. Sousa, D. M. Carvalho, E. F. Suárez, L. M. Gonçalves, G. Minas (2022), European Patent: "Device for identification and quantification of phytoplankton, methods and uses thereof", EP3943918A1".
    Protected
  2. 2021. "V. C. Pinto, P. J. Sousa, L. M. Gonçalves, G. Minas, (2022), European Patent: "Antibiofouling device for optical sensor, methods and uses thereof", EP4093903A1".
    Protected
  3. 2020. "V. C. Pinto, P. J. Sousa, L. M. Gonçalves, G. Minas (2020), Provisional Portuguese Patent Application: "Antibiofouling device for optical sensor, methods and uses thereof", PPT/116075".
  4. 2020. "V. C. Pinto, P. J. Sousa, D. M. Carvalho, E. F. Suárez, L. M. Gonçalves, G. Minas (2020), Provisional Portuguese Patent Application: "Device for identification and quantification of phytoplankton, methods and uses thereof", PPT116598E".
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/12/19 PhageSensor – Portable Dual-Mode Device for Measuring Bacteriophage Activity LABBELS Meet, 2025
Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
2024/01/15 Eye-on-Shell: Lab-on-a-chip for in situ toxic phytoplankton identification and quantification WORKSHOP “Methodologies for phytoplankton identification”
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/06/22 A Numerical Study of the Heat Distribution Generated by a Microheater in an Organ-on-a-Chip Chamber 2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/06/22 Development and Characterization of Porous PDMS Microneedles 2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/06/22 Experimental Characterization of a Piezoelectric Transducer for Integration into a Photoacoustic System 2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/06/22 Portable and Low-Cost Fluorometer for Phytoplankton Monitoring 2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/06/22 A microfluidic device for size-based microplastics and microalgae separation 2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)
(Porto, Portugal)
2022/09/21 Desarrollo de sensores basados en citometría de flujo para la detección de microalgas tóxicas Jornada de cierre del proyecto FoodSens / Día de la Cooperación Europea, EC Day
ANFACO-VIGO (Vigo, Spain)
2022/05/18 CMEMS-UMinho research centre: building advanced strategies on miniaturized biomedical platforms Encontro Ciência 2022
FCT, Centro de Congressos de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/09 A cost-effective oxygen probe manufactured by simple fabrication processes Oceans 2021
(San Diego)
2019/11/13 Biofouling prevention in underwater optical sensors III workshop NextSea
Business 2sea (Porto, Portugal)
2019/11 FoodSens-Transfer of Technologies to Reduce Food Risks III Workshop NextSea
Business 2sea (Porto, Portugal)
2019 Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Micromixers Geometries for High Ratio Flow Rates ENBENG 2019 IEEE 6th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019 Cost-efective lab-on-a-chip device for seawater pH quantification by optical methods. Transducers 2019/EUROSENSORS XXXIII.
(Berlim, Germany)
2019 Lab-on-chip for precision pH monitoring of seawater MME2019 30th Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe workshop
(Oxford, United Kingdom)
2018/06/28 Seminar: "Microfluidic Systems - Fabrication and Applications" Seminar at the Bionanodevices for clinical diagnostics Course, M.Sc. in Biophysics and Bionanosystems, University of Minho
(Braga, Portugal)
2017/12/15 Biofouling strategies in marine sensors I Workshop Nextsea
(Braga, Portugal)
2017/02/15 Imunossensor microfluídico para quantificação de cortisol salivar XII Jornadas de Engenharia Biomédica
(Braga, Portugal)
2015 PDMS biofunctionalization study for the development of a microfluidic device: application to salivary cortisol ENBENG 2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering
(Porto, Portugal)
2015 Flexible gastrointestinal pressure-sensitive tube based on aluminium thin-film strain-gauge arrays, 26th Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop – MME2015
(Toledo, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/02 - Current Jõao Ferreira, Research Fellow under the "OoCDOXSens" project :Implementation of a high-sensitivity photoacoustic system for monitoring drug release in OoC devices
Supervisor of João Filipe Sobreiro Ferreira
UMinho CMEMS, Portugal
2025/02 - Current Filipe Ferreira, Research Fellow under the "OoCDOXSens" project Fabrication of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microneedles integrated into microfluidic devices.
Supervisor of Filipe Ferreira
UMinho CMEMS, Portugal
2025/09 - 2026/10 Multiplexer microfluidic platform with biosensors for identification of stroke biomarkers
Supervisor
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2025/10 - 2026/09 Microfluidic Platform with Optical Fluorescence Detection for Evaluating Bacteriophage Efficiency
Supervisor of Lara Beatriz Sousa Carvalho
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2025/10 - 2026/09 Microfluidic devices integrated with Microneedles and Optical detection for drug delivery system precise monitoring
Supervisor of Alexandra Vasconcelos Fernandes Lopes Mendes
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/10 - 2025/12 Implementation of na image acquisition microsystem for identification of toxic phytoplankton cells in microfluidic devices
Co-supervisor of João Filipe Sobreiro Ferreira
 Mestrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2025/06 - 2025/09 Jõao Ferreira, Research Fellow under the " PhageSensor" project:Development of a fluorescence acquisition system using imaging technologies, integrated into a microfluidic device for monitoring bacteriophage activity.
Supervisor of João Filipe Sobreiro Ferreira
Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
2025/02 - 2025/07 Margarida Correia, Research Fellow under the "PhageSensor" project: “Development of a system for monitoring bacteriophage activity using an optical detection system (absorbance/fluorescence) integrated into a microfluidic platform"
Supervisor of Margarida Correia
Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
2020/02/01 - 2025/05/26 Lab-on-a-chip for in situ toxic phytoplankton identification and quantification, FCT grant PD/BD/150581/2020 (main advisor, co-supervision of Emilio Fernández Suárez from UVigo, Spain)
Supervisor of Vitor Hugo Vilela Magalhães
 International doctoral Programme Do*Mar (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal

Universidade de Vigo Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Spain
2023/03/15 - 2023/09/14 Bruna Pinheiro, Research Fellow under the "Eye-on-shell" project : Development of a system for quantification and identification of toxic phytoplankton species through their morphology (cell shape and size)
Supervisor
2022/07/01 - 2023/06/30 Leonardo Sá, Research Fellow under the "Eye-on-shell" project: Development of a toxic phytoplankton monitoring system using an optical detection system integrated in a microfluidic platform capable of discriminating several photosynthetic pigments
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
2020/09 - 2022/02 Elastomers characterization, antibacterial treatment and hydrophilic treatment for fabrication of a transparent respirator.
Co-supervisor of Inês Sofia Ferreira Miranda
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022 - 2022 "Implementation of an image acquisition microsystem for identification of phytoplankton cells in microfluidic devices", under Integrated Project course, Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering
Supervisor
 Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering (Other) (Other)
Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/10 Angela Meireles, Research Fellow :"Cooling system for PDMS Mask", under i9MASKS FCT Summer School, University of Minho
Supervisor of Ângela Sofia Faria Meireles
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/10 Inês Miranda, Research Fellow :"UV-C sterilization of the PDMS", under i9MASKS FCT Summer School, University of Minho
Co-supervisor of Inês Sofia Ferreira Miranda
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020 - 2020 "Development of innovative PDMS masks for COVID-19 protection using state-of-the-art technologies." under i9MASKS FCT Summer School
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020 - 2020 "Development of a microfluidic platform for the separation of microplastics", under Integrated VIII project course, Master in Mechanical Engineering
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/11/01 - 2019/02/07 Optimization and fabrication of a microfluidic system for seawater pH quantification by optical detection
Supervisor of Vítor Hugo Vilela Magalhães
 Mestrado em Micro/Nano Tecnologias (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Vitor Magalhaes, Fellow researcher NANOTHERM – MSc_2019/01 under the project NanoTherm4Eharv: New Nanogenerators for Thermal Energy Harvesting”
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020/12 - Current Guest-editor of Special Issues "Novel Technology and Applications of Micro/Nano Devices and System" at Applied Sciences Journal, MDPI (ISSN 2076-3417, IF 2.474). (2020/12)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2025/03/12 - 2025/03/12 Organizer of Workshop: “Photoacoustic for organ-on-a-chip” & Chair of Thematic Session DrugSens (2025/03/12)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/01/15 - 2024/01/15 Organizer of Workshop: Methodologies for phytoplankton identification & Chair of Thematic Session Eye-on-Shell (2024/01/15 - 2024/01/15)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/06/27 - 2024/06/28 The EDGE-Tech workshop focus on new, emerging and disruptive technologies: materials, microfluidics and sensing for biomedicine. International speakers shared their experience in the fields of sensors, chemistry and microfluids as well as innovative materials. The event was organized by CNR NANOTEC and University of Salento
Workshop
 EDGE-TECH 24
Università del Salento, Italy
2013/02/20 - 2013/02/22 3rd Portuguese BioEngineering Meeting
Meeting
 3rd Portuguese BioEngineering Meeting,
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2007/04/19 - 2007/04/20 Bioinformatics Training
Other
 Formação em Bioinformática
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2007/03/26 - 2007/03/30 VIII Semana das Ciências Agrárias nomeadamente as seguintes palestras: “Novos Antitumorais Tetracíclicos/Síntese e Activ. Antimicrobiana de bisHidroximetilpirrolidinas”; “Novas Tecnologias do Ambiente”; “ Controlo e Segurança Alimentar”; “Desafios e Oportunidades no Âmbito do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural e Continente”; “Nutrição animal”; “Etologia e Bem Estar Animal”; “A Implementação de Sistema de Qualidade/Sistema de Segurança Alimentar”.
Congress
 VIII Semana das Ciências Agrárias nomeadamente as seguintes palestras:
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2007/02/26 - 2007/03/01 Health and Safety in the Workplace Training Course
Other
 Formação em Higiene e Segurança no Trabalho
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/10 Biosensing device for biomarkers detection to evaluate the impact of drugs during pregnancy.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Luís Manuel Mendonça Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/11/29 Development of Smart Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Fábio Emanuel da Silva Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/07/22 Microfabrication of a microfluidic device for cell sorting: isolation of both circulating tumour cell (CTC) and giant cancer-associated macrophage-like cells (CAMLs)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Luís Miguel Santos Dias (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/03/18 Electrochemical immunosensor for improved diabetic retinopathy diagnosis in minimally invasive biological fluids
(Thesis) Arguer
 Maria Santos Crispiniano Vieira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/01 Modeling and simulation, in COMSOL Multiphysics, of a SAW based electronic nose for toxic gases detection
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/11/14 Phytoplankton Quantification and Classification by Spectrophotometry
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlos José de Sousa Pereira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current IEEE Sensor Journal
2025 - Current Algal Research (2211-9264) Elsevier

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/02/14 - 2022/07 Integrated Laboratories of Medical Electronics II Biomedical Engineering (Master) (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/02/01 - 2022/07 Biosensors Biomedical Engineering (Integrated Master's) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2022/02/28 Introduction to Microsystems and Microtechnologies Master in Micro/Nano Technologies (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/10 Lecturer at Seminar: Introduction to Microsystems and Microtechnologies [i9MASKS Summer School: "Desenvolvimento de máscaras inovadoras em PDMS para a proteção à COVID-19 com o recurso a tecnologias de ultima geração"], special support "Verão com Ciência", funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), in cooperation with Direção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES), University of Minho, 29.948 €. (Outros) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/10 Lecturer at Seminar: Fabrication Techniques of microdevices [i9MASKS Summer School: "Desenvolvimento de máscaras inovadoras em PDMS para a proteção à COVID-19 com o recurso a tecnologias de ultima geração"], special support "Verão com Ciência", funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), in cooperation with Direção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES), University of Minho, 29.948 €. (Outros) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/09/02 - 2020/03/02 Bionanotechnologies Mestrado em Micro/Nano Tecnologias (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2011 PhD Scholarship FCT - SFRH/BD/81526/2011
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2008 The best student by course graduated in the academic year 2007/2008
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal