Carla Sofia Caseiro Miguel (E317-ED41-0640)

Curriculum Vitae

Carla Sofia Caseiro Miguel

Carla Caseiro Miguel works in the area (s) of Engineering Sciences and Technologies with an emphasis on Materials Engineering. Chemical synthesis of nanomaterials including nanoparticles and nanofibers, produced by electrospinning. Preparation of biomaterials for biomedical application, such as hydroxyapatite, laponite, collagen among others. Good command of Microsoft Office tools and excellent communication skills.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Carla Sofia Caseiro Miguel

Citation names

Caseiro Miguel, Carla

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: E317-ED41-0640
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1798-1154

Email addresses

carlamiguel@thebiomaskcompany.com (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

291103690 (Professional)

Addresses

CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105, Funchal, Funchal, Portugal (Professional)
R Doutor Fernão Ornelas 56 4ºAC, 9050-021, Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=pt-PT&user=BLUAnS4AAAAJ (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
French	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Elementary (A2)	Advanced (C1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/02 - 2020/02 Concluded	Advanced Excel topics (Outros) DTIM - Associação Regional para o Desenvolvimento das Tecnologias de Informação na Madeira, Portugal
2010/09 - 2012/11 Concluded	Bioquímica Aplicada (Mestrado) Major in Nanomateriais Universidade da Madeira, Portugal "Síntese e caracterização de nanopartículas FeOx/Au/Ag em multicamada núcleo-concha" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2009/06 - 2009/07 Concluded	Media in Education (Outros) Lusitanaforma - Formação Consultoria Lda., Portugal
2009/01 - 2009/04 Concluded	Psycho-pedagogical improvement of Tutors (Outros) Bemformar – Formação Consultoria e Serviços Lda., Portugal
2008/12 - 2008/12 Concluded	Coaching - Stress Management and Optimization of Time (Outros) Bemformar – Formação Consultoria e Serviços Lda., Portugal
2004/10 - 2004/10 Concluded	Management System Project (Outros) Competir – Formação e Serviços Lda., Portugal
2004/06 - 2004/06 Concluded	Ethics and Professional Deontology (Outros) Competir – Formação e Serviços Lda., Portugal
2003/09 - 2003/12 Concluded	Initial Pedagogical Formation of Trainers (Outros) Magna Voce formação e consultoria, Portugal
2003/10 - 2003/10 Concluded	Internal Quality Audits Course (Outros) UE – Estudos e Estratégias Empresariais, Portugal
2003/06 - 2003/08 Concluded	FORQUAL (Outros) UE – Estudos e Estratégias Empresariais, Portugal
2003/04 - 2003/04 Concluded	Excel Improvement Course (Outros) ACIF – Câmara de Comércio e Indústria da Madeira, Portugal
1994/09 - 2002/02 Concluded	Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia de Materiais (Licenciatura) Major in Microscopia Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	13
1990 - 1999 Concluded	8º Grau de Piano, Formação Musical e Música de Câmara (Diploma de especialização) Academy Luísa Todi (Academia de Música e Belas Artes Luísa Todi) , Portugal
1998 - 1998 Concluded	Materials Science and Engineering (Outros) University of Liverpool Faculty of Science and Engineering, United Kingdom

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/02/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	The Biomask Comapany, Lda, Portugal

2019/07/01 - 2021/06/30	Science and Technology Management	Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
	Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
2016/05/01 - 2019/06/30	Science and Technology Management	Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
	Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
2013/05/01 - 2015/04/30	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
2014/04/01 - 2014/06/06	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2001/03 - 2001/09	Assistant Director of the "Technical Centre PVC."	Norsk Hydro, Petrochemical Division, Norway

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2009/02/01 - 2009/03/31	Instructor	Lusitanaforma, Formação e Consultoria, Lda., Portugal
	Escola Básica do Caramanchão, Portugal
2005/02/01 - 2007/02/28	Business Consultant in the area of telecommunications	Telehappy, Portugal

2005/03/01 - 2006/03/31	Instructor	DRFP – Direção Regional de Formação Profissional, Portugal

2003/05/01 - 2004/09/30	Coordinator of Quality	RP Consultores de Engenharia, Portugal

2003/05 - 2003/07	Instructor	Academia de Música e Arte, Portugal
	Academia de Música e Arte, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/07/01 - 2021/06/30	CQM+ M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000005 - Centro de Química da Madeira - CQM+ Science and Technology Management Fellow Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal	Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação Ongoing
2016/05 - 2019/06	Centro de Química da Madeira UID/QUI/00674/2013 Science and Technology Management Fellow Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/05 - 2015/04	DENDIMAGE - Development of Novel Dendrimer-Based Nanoparticles for Dual Mode Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Tumors info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/127056/PT Research Fellow Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/02/01 - Current	BioMASK M1420-01 0247-FEDER-000052 Research Fellow The Biomask Comapany, Lda, Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper	Caseiro Miguel, Carla; Duarte Fernandes; Pedro Pires; João Rodrigues. "Electroactive polymer-metal composite fibres". Paper presented in 7th CQM Annual Meeting, Funchal, 2020. Madalena Pereira de Freitas; Carla Caseiro Miguel; Emmanuel Terriac; Brendon M. Baker; Cleophas Cheruiyot; Tania Pineiro Vidal; Torbjörn Pettersson; et al. "Extracellular fibre stiffness and cancer". Paper presented in Cancer Research UK-AACR conference on engineering and physical sciences in oncology, December 2019, London, UK, London, 2019. Caseiro Miguel, Carla; Maciej Motyka; Pedro Pires; Annica K. B. Gad. "Synthesis and Characterization of methacrylated dextran (DexMA) for the preparation of electrospun nanofibers". Paper presented in 6th CQM Annual Meeting, 2019, Porto Moniz, 2019. Madalena Pereira de Freitas; Carla Caseiro Miguel; William Y. Wang; Emmanuel Terriac; Brendon M. Baker; Cleophas Cheruiyot; Tania Pineiro Vidal; et al. "Extracellular Nanofibers and Cancer". Paper presented in MAD Nano, Funchal, 2018. Caseiro Miguel, Carla; Carla S. Alves; Helena Tomás; João Rodrigues. "Scientific outreach activities in the CQM – Madeira Chemistry Center". Paper presented in Meeting with Science and Technology in Portugal, Lisbon, 2017. Caseiro Miguel, Carla; Ana Olival; Pedro Pires; João Rodrigues; Helena Tomás. "Development of a new platform for the capture of Circulating Tumor Cells based on Gelatin/Laponite® nanofibers". Paper presented in 4th CQM Annual Meeting 2017 (Funchal, Portugal), Funchal, 2017. Carla Caseiro Miguel; João Rodrigues; Helena Tomás; Xiangyang Shi. "Synthesis, characterization and biological functionality of low generation dendrimer-stabilized gold nanoparticles for imaging applications". Paper presented in 2 nd CQM Annual Meeting, Funchal, 2015. 10.1117/12.2517061 Caseiro Miguel, Carla; Nilsa Oliveira; Shili Xiao; João Rodrigues; Helena Tomás; Xiangyang Shi. "Synthesis and Characterization of PEGylated Dendrimer-Entrapped Gold Nanoparticles". Paper presented in 1st CQM Annual Meeting, Funchal, 2014. Caseiro Miguel, Carla; Helena Tomás; João Rodrigues. "Synthesis and Characterization of Multilayered core/shell Nanoparticles of FeOx/Au/Ag". Paper presented in 8th Materials Group Meeting/CQM, 2013 (Funchal, Madeira University)., Funchal, 2013. Caseiro Miguel, Carla; Helena Tomás; João Rodrigues. "Synthesis and Characterization of Multilayered core/shell Nanoparticles". Paper presented in 7th Materials Group Meeting/CQM, 2012 (Funchal, Madeira University)., Funchal, 2012.
Conference poster	Madalena Pereira de Freitas; Carla Caseiro Miguel; Emmanuel Terriac; Brendon M. Baker; Cleophas Cheruiyot; Tania Pineiro Vidal; Torbjörn Pettersson; et al. "Extracellular fibre stiffness and cancer". Paper presented in Cancer Research UK-AACR conference on engineering and physical sciences in oncology, December 2019, London, UK., 2019. Elif Avdal; Carla Caseiro Miguel; Maciej Motyka; Annica K. B. Gad. "Extraction and Characterization of Collagen". Paper presented in MAD Nano, 2018. Madalena Pereira de Freitas; Carla Caseiro Miguel; William Y. Wang; Emmanuel Terriac; Brendon M. Baker; Cleophas Cheruiyot; Tania Pineiro Vidal; et al. "Extracellular Nanofibers and Cancer". Paper presented in MAD Nano, 2018. Maciej Motyka; Carla Caseiro Miguel; Pedro Pires; Annica K. B. Gad. "Electrospun methacrylated dextran nanofibers for cell experiments". Paper presented in MAD Nano, 2018. Caseiro Miguel, Carla; Ana Olival; Pedro Pires; João Rodrigues; Helena Tomás. "Capture of Circulating Tumor Cells Using Gelatin/Laponite® Nanofibers". Paper presented in MAD Nano, 2016. Oliveira N.; Alves C.S.; Carla Caseiro Miguel; Maciel D.; Helena Tomás; João Rodrigues. "Bridging the Gap - Chemistry & Biochemistry in the Real World A science outreach programme tailor-made to cater to the different needs of society". Paper presented in 12th Hands-on Science Conference; Funchal, Portugal, 2015. 10.18260/1-2--13202 Caseiro Miguel, Carla; Jaime Camacho; Paulo Craveiro; Catarina L. Silva; Jorge Pereira; José S. Câmara. "High throughput SPE/UPLC-PDA-based methodology for the simultaneous determination of bioactive phenolic metabolites in food dietary products.". Paper presented in HPLC 2011 Symposium, June 2011, Budapest, Hungary., 2011.
Journal article	Pedro Ideia; Lorenzo Degli Esposti; Carla Caseiro Miguel; Alessio Adamiano; Michele Iafisco; Paula C. Castilho. "Extraction and characterization of hydroxyapatite-based materials from grey triggerfish skin and black scabbardfish bones". International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/ijac.13625. 10.1111/ijac.13625
Thesis / Dissertation	Caseiro Miguel, Carla. "Síntese e Caracterização de Nanopartículas FeOx/Au/Ag em Multicamada Núcleo-Concha". Master, Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/465.

Artistic / Performance

Musical composition

Caseiro Miguel, Carla. Quero Apenas Ser Criança. 40º Festival Canção Infantil da Madeira, Conservatório Escola Profissional das Artes da Madeira Engº Luiz Peter Clode, 2020.
Caseiro Miguel, Carla; Maria Luísa Caseiro. Polinização. 39th Madeira Children's Song Festival 2020 ; Conservatório - Escola Profissional das Artes da Madeira, 2019.

Activities

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2015 - 2015	Member of the organization committee of the 12th International Conference on Hands-on Science (2015) (2015 - 2015) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Escola Secundária de Francisco Franco, Portugal
2012/11 - 2012/11	A QUÍMICA É DIVERTIDA project develops laboratory demonstrations open to the general public, during three days in two labs at CQM and in rectory building University of Madeira in The Night of Chemistry event. (2012/11 - 2012/11) Workshop	Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/07 - 2021/06/30	Support the research at CQM in the field of natural products and nanomaterials: producing nanofibers by electrospinning, synthesizing methacrylated dextran and materials characterization (SEM-EDX, Zetasiser, Goniometer, NMR and ATR-IR); Technical maintenance of the SEM Phenom ProX equipment, optimization, implementation, updating of techniques and procedures and providing services; Equipment monthly cost report; Quarterly technical reports preparation (personal and about SEM); Participation in general CQM activities such as science spreading	Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
2015 - 2021/06/30	Interactive experimental and educational science communication activities at schools, retirement homes and other entities and in the Science Shop - dissemination of science and promotion of ongoing work on CQM in direct contact with the public in Madeira island	Team member "Bridging the Gap - Chemistry & Biochemistry in the Real World”
2010 - 2021/06/30	“A Química é Divertida” - The A QUÍMICA É DIVERTIDA project is part of the science dissemination activities carried out by the Madeira Chemistry Center (CQM). In order to disseminate and promote scientific culture in the areas of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, the project develops laboratory demonstrations open to the general public, but is especially designed for young people (from kindergarten to secondary education). Workshop	A Química é Divertida Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
2016 - 2019	Responsible for the Scanning Electron Microscope, Electrospinning equipment – production of electrospun fibers, "Zetasiser"- for characterization of molecular weight, size and particle charge and a Goniometer for contact angle measurments: (1) Technical maintenance of the SEM equipment, optimization, implementation and updating of techniques and procedures; (2) Scientific and technic reports preparation; (3) Service management and services providing; (4) Development and support of research activities in the framework of the Natural Products and Mat	Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
2011 - 2018	Science and Technology Programs for Youth in the Laboratory promoted by “Ciência Viva” - National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture - programming and preparing a week of laboratory work for a small group of high school students between 2011 and 2016 and in 2018 Workshop	Ciência Viva Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
2015/11 - 2016/01	Science Shop - dissemination of science and promotion of ongoing work on CQM in direct contact with the public in the center of Funchal .	Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
2013/05 - 2015/04	Within the project DENDIMAGE - Development of Novel Dendrimer-Based Nanoparticles for Dual Mode Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Tumours. Access and analysis of scientific information, research work schedule, interpretation of experimental data, science communication and also laboratory work	Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
2014/04/01 - 2014/06/30	Under the scope of DENDIMAGE project, working with a vast range of state-to-art equipment, had the opportunity to execute more comprehensive studies	Donghua University College of Materials Science and Engineering, China
2007 - 2013	Volunteer in Fundação do Gil - participation in activities "Hour of Music" in Hospital Central do Funchal Pediatrics from 2007 until March 2013 Workshop	Fundação do Gil, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2012 - Current	Ordem dos Engenheiros	Membro nº 50434
2015 - 2021/06/30	Team member "Bridging the Gap - Chemistry & Biochemistry in the Real World”	Interactive experimental and educational science communication activities at schools, retirement homes and other entities

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023/02/01 - Current	Within BioMASK project, analysis, integration and compilation of information related to the various tasks of the project; Optimization and implementation of techniques and procedures for the electrospinning and preparation of a Procedure Manual; Assembly of biodegradable masks, from banana fiber fabric; Report writing
2005/02 - 2007/02	Sales, advice and assistance	Telehappy, Portugal
2003 - 2004	Production and management of databases for estimates, Preparation of Health and Safety Plans and Implementation at the work site, Design and implementation of a Quality Management System for certification according to NP EN ISO 9001:2000.	RP Consultores de Engenharia, Portugal
2001 - 2001	Apprenticeship integrated in the project "PVC pipes - main project." Analysis of the behaviour of new formulations of rigid PVC for use in piping systems in water supply and sewage systems.	Norsk Hydro, Petrochemical Division, Norway

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2009 - 2009	Tutor of Floriculture and Gardening	Cursos de Educação e Formação (CEF) de jovens (Outros)	Lusitanaforma, Formação e Consultoria, Lda., Portugal
2005 - 2006	Tutor of the Basics of Chemistry	Curso de Cabeleireiro	DRFP – Direção Regional de Formação Profissional, Portugal
2003/05 - 2003/08	Piano Lessons		Academia de Música e Arte, Portugal