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Mafalda Rodrigues Luis Correia completed the Integrated Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PharmD, MSc) at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra (FFUC) in 2022 and was part of the Merit Board of the Top 5% students of the University of Coimbra in that same year. Throughout her academic path, Mafalda always demonstrated a strong will to learn and a passion and curiosity for scientific research. Therefore, other than a curricular and two extracurricular internships in Community Pharmacy (PT), she performed an extracurricular research internship in the area of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology at FFUC and a curricular internship at the pharmaceutical industry Bluepharma in the Analytical Development Department (PT). Also, during her studies, with the aim of improving her communication, language, intercultural, and soft skills, she did a 6-month study mobility, funded by the Erasmus+ program at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Charles University (CZ) and participated in the Student Exchange Program at the Faculty of Pharmacy at Semmelweis University (HU), where she did a short-term research internship. To complement her academic work, Mafalda participated in volunteering projects, such as the initiative “Voluntários por um sorriso” and was a member of the FFUC’s pedagogic council and of the Pharmacy Students' Association at the University of Coimbra. To conclude her Master’s degree, Mafalda presented her Master's dissertation thesis in the area of Pharmaceutical Tecnhnology, entitled "Hair follicle regeneration nanotechnology-based strategies", which was evaluated with 19/20 values. This work contributed to a review article, in which she is the first author, published in the Top 5% scientific journal Biomaterials (IF: 14.0) and distinguished by the University of Coimbra in the Publications@UC web page. After graduating and with the goal of continuing her research path, she did a 6-month research internship funded by the Erasmus+ program in the DrugBiop Lab. at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Valencia (ES), where she developed and characterized lipid nanoparticles and microneedles for topical application. Since 2023, Mafalda has been a research fellow at FFUC under the PTDC/BTM-MAT/4738/2020 project, where she actively participates in the development of biomimetic nanosystems for pancreatic cancer treatment. Mafalda is also a researcher of REQUIMTE/LAQV and has started an Invited Assistant position at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra, where she teaches Pharmaceutical Technology and Galenic Pharmacy. Recently, she concluded a postgraduate course on animal experimentation (FELASA Category B). Mafalda has published 2 journal articles, 2 conference posters and 1 conference paper. Mafalda is an extremely motivated, proactive, adaptable, and hard-working professional. Mafalda's scientific research interests are focused on nanotechnology, materials engineering and tissue regeneration, especially in innovative technological strategies for chronic wound healing.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mafalda Rodrigues Luis Correia

Citation names

  • Correia, Mafalda
  • Mafalda Correia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1114-6192-01C6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6894-1283
Scopus Author Id
58654237800

Email addresses

  • mafaldacorreia7@gmail.com (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/02/01 - 2029/02/01
Ongoing
 PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Pharmaceutical Technology
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/04/16 - 2024/06/30
Concluded
 Aromatic Plants and Essencial Oils Course (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/09
Concluded
 Practical Course on Animal Experimentation (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório, Portugal
18
2023/07
Concluded
 Theoretical Course on Animal Experimentation (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório, Portugal
17
2017/09/18 - 2022/10/11
Concluded
 Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Nanotechnology-based techniques for hair follicle regeneration" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16.375
2022/04/04 - 2022/07/29
Concluded
 Curricular Internship in Community Pharmacy (Outros)
Farmácia Luciano e Matos, Portugal
2022/01/03 - 2022/03/31
Concluded
 Curricular Internship in Pharmaceutical Industry (Outros)
Bluepharma, Portugal
2021/09/29 - 2021/10/27
Concluded
 Forensic Sciences Online Course (Outros)
Associação Portuguesa de Estudantes de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/09/12 - 2021/02/05
Concluded
 Erasmus + Program - Studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences (1 semester) (Mestrado integrado)
Univerzita Karlova Farmaceutická Fakulta v Hradci Králové, Czech Republic
2020/06
Concluded
 French Language and Culture II Course (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
 18
2020/01
Concluded
 French Language and Culture I Course (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/04/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/04/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (LAQV) of the Network of Chemistry and Technology (REQUIMTE), Portugal
2022/10/12 - 2023/04/30 Research Trainee (Research) DrugBiop. Lab - Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Valencia, Spain

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - 2024/08 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/04 - 2021/12 Extracurricular Internship in Research - Nanotechnology and Artificial Intelligence Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2021/09/15 Extracurricular Internship in Pharmaceutical Distribution Plural - Cooperativa Farmacêutica, C.R.L., Portugal
2021/08/16 - 2021/08/31 Research Internship during the Student Exchange Program (SEP) of the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation (IPSF) Semmelweis Egyetem Gyógyszerésztudományi Kar, Hungary
2020/08/03 - 2020/08/28 Extracurricular Internship in Community Pharmacy Farmácia Rodrigues da Silva, Portugal
2019/08/05 - 2019/08/30 Extracurricular Internship in Community Pharmacy Farmácia Lima Natário, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/04/03 - Current Biomimetic cell membrane-coated vitamin E-based micelles for multimodal pancreatic cancer nanotheranostics
PTDC/BTM-MAT/4738/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Pires, Patrícia C.; Correia, Mafalda; Veiga, Francisco; Paiva-Santos, Ana Cláudia. "Anti-Inflammatory Drug Repurposing for Intranasal Delivery: Ketoprofen Nanoemulgel Development for the Treatment of Glioma". Paper presented in The 4th International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences, 2023.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3390/ASEC2023-15345
Conference poster
  1. Maria Beatriz Pinto; Mafalda Correia; Gabriela Moço; Amélia C.F. Vieira; Francisco Veiga; Patrícia C. Pires; Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos. "Niosomes development and characterization for topical delivery of hydrophobic compounds". Paper presented in X Congresso Iberoamericano de Ciências Farmacêuticas, 2023.
  2. Patrícia C. Pires; Mafalda Correia; Francisco Veiga; Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos. "Repurposing old drugs for new targets: ketoprofen intranasal nanoemulgel development for the treatment of glioma". Paper presented in X Congresso Iberoamericano de Ciências Farmacêuticas, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Miquel Martínez-Navarrete; Mafalda Correia; J.Alejandro Bernabeu-Martínez; Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos; Ana Borrego-Sánchez; Antonio José Guillot. "Enhanced ex vivo skin retention of bicalutamide using a nano-in-micro composite: Drug-loaded lipid vesicles in a dissolving microarray patch". European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2025.114728.
    10.1016/j.ejpb.2025.114728
  2. Ana Macário-Soares; Inês Sousa-Oliveira; Mafalda Correia; Patrícia C. Pires; Ankur Sharma; Niraj Kumar Jha; Ehsan Nazarzadeh Zare; et al. "Cell membrane and extracellular vesicle membrane-coated nanoparticles: An envisaged approach for the management of skin conditions". VIEW (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/VIW.20240043.
    10.1002/VIW.20240043
  3. Maria Beatriz S. Gonçalves; Mário Pedro Marques; Fernando Correia; Patrícia C. Pires; Mafalda Correia; Pooyan Makvandi; Carla Varela; et al. "Wine industry by-products as a source of active ingredients for topical applications". Phytochemistry Reviews (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11101-024-10030-4.
    10.1007/s11101-024-10030-4
  4. Pires, Patrícia C.; Motallebi, Mahzad; Marques, Mário Pedro; Correia, Mafalda; Sharma, Ankur; Damiri, Fouad; Hameed, Huma; et al. "Mentha aquatica (Water Mint) as a Source of Active Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Ingredients: A Critical Review". Phytotherapy Research (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ptr.8337.
    Published • 10.1002/ptr.8337
  5. Mafalda Correia; Joana Lopes; Daniela Lopes; Ana Melero; Pooyan Makvandi; Francisco Veiga; Jorge F.J. Coelho; Ana C. Fonseca; Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos. "Nanotechnology-based techniques for hair follicle regeneration". Biomaterials (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122348.
    10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122348
  6. Eliana Veiga; Laura Ferreira; Mafalda Correia; Patrícia C. Pires; Huma Hameed; André R.T. S. Araújo; Letícia Caramori Cefali; et al. "Anti-aging peptides for advanced skincare: Focus on nanodelivery systems". Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2023.105087.
    10.1016/j.jddst.2023.105087
Activities

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/10/27 - 2023/11/10 The 4th International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences
Conference
 The 4th International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences
MDPI AG, Switzerland
2023/10/26 - 2023/10/28 X Ibero-American Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Congress
 X Ibero-American Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences
X Ibero-American Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Portugal
2021/03/17 - 2021/03/18 VIII Formation in Dermopharmacy and Cosmetics of NEF/AAC: Hair Care
Seminar
 VIII Formation in Dermopharmacy and Cosmetics of NEF/AAC: Hair Care
Núcleo de Estudantes de Farmácia da Associação Académica de Coimbra - Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/03/12 - 2021/03/12 Dermocosmetics Course
Seminar
 Dermocosmetics Course
AEFFUL - Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/02/16 - 2021/03/03 Seminars of SABER + (Module I: Therapeutic Counseling; Module II : Geriatric monitoring; Module III : Health)
Seminar
 SABER +
CURA + Association, Portugal
2020/11/18 - 2020/11/19 VII Mobility Meeting
Meeting
 VII Mobility Meeting
Núcleo de Estudantes de Farmácia da Associação Académica de Coimbra - Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/10/14 - 2020/10/14 Webinar "Breast Cancer"
Seminar
 des.LIGA - Cancro da Mama
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
2019/11/29 - 2019/11/29 VII Formation in Dermopharmacy and Cosmetics of NEF/AAC: XXI Century Cosmetics VII Formation in Dermopharmacy and Cosmetics of NEF/AAC: XXI Century Cosmetics
Núcleo de Estudantes de Farmácia da Associação Académica de Coimbra - Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/09/30 - 2019/09/30 Seminar "Lymphomas"
Seminar
 des.LIGA - Linfomas
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
2019/09/28 - 2019/09/29 Participation in the "IV National Congress of Pharmacy Students"
Congress
 IV National Congress of Pharmacy Students
Associação Portuguesa de Estudantes de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/04/10 - 2019/04/10 Seminar "Food and Nutrition in Cancer Prevention"
Seminar
 des.LIGA - Food and Nutrition in Cancer Prevention
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
2019/03/07 - 2019/03/08 XII Scientific Congress NEF/AAC
Congress
 Re(emerging) diseases - a public health issue
Núcleo de Estudantes de Farmácia da Associação Académica de Coimbra - Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2012/01 - Current Grupo Recreativo Mirandense Band member (Clarinet)
2021 - 2022 CURA + Association - "Safe Polymedication" Project Volunteer
2019 - 2022 Member of the Pharmacy Students' Association at the University of Coimbra (Health Education and Promotion) Member
2019/09/08 - 2020/03/06 "Voluntários por um sorriso - Acreditar" Volunteer program, Pediatric Hospital of Coimbra, Portugal Volunteer
2019/07/15 - 2019/07/23 European Universities Futsal Championship 2019 in Braga l European University Sports Federation (EUSA) Volunteer
2018/07/15 - 2018/07/28 European University Games 2018 - European University Sports Federation (EUSA) Volunteer
2016/09 - 2017/06 VolEurope - We Volunteer for Europe (Erasmus + program) Volunteer

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/01 - 2022/01 Pedagogic Council Member
Member
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/04 - Current Pharmaceutical Technology I Pharmaceutical Sciences, MSc (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/04 Metrology and Analytical Validation Bioanalytical Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/12 - 2024/01 Galenic Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences, MSc (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/01 Pharmaceutical Technology ll Pharmaceutical Sciences, MSc (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/09 - 2024/12 Short-term research internship funded by the UT Austin Portugal Program The University of Texas at Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering, United States
Distinctions

Other distinction

2023 Publications of the University of Coimbra in the Top 5% Journals: "Nanotechnology-based techniques for hair follicle regeneration"
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 Merit Board of the Top 5% students
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 ERASMUS + Mobility Programme Grant - Traineeship
European Union, Belgium
2020 ERASMUS + Mobility Programme Grant - Studies
European Union, Belgium
2020 Santander Scholarship for Global Mobilities
Banco Santander Portugal, Portugal
2020 Academic Scholarship awarded to students from Miranda do Corvo
Município de Miranda do Corvo, Portugal