Sara Maria Marques de Oliveira (2E1B-D684-7127)

Curriculum Vitae

Sara Maria Marques de Oliveira

Sara Oliveira (SO) is the Research Scientist leading the 3D Food Printing and Cellular Agriculture research line. She served as INL Food Cluster Coordinator 2024. She holds a Ph.D. in Bioengineering Systems (MIT-Portugal Program, 2014) in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. Her early research focused on developing instructive surfaces and 3D printed scaffolds to enhance cell behavior and differentiation (3B’s Research Group and BIOtech, University of Trento). Since joining INL in 2016, she has applied additive manufacturing to design novel and functional foods, including alternative proteins. She was the PI of the M3aTD project (2020–2022, funded by the Good Food Institute) on 3D bioprinting of cultivated meat using muscle and plant-based bioinks. She is the internal PI of the InsectERA PRR project (2023–2025) and collaborates on fungi-based applications. She is the internal PI of the EU-funded FEASTS project led by IST-ID (FEASTS -Fostering European cellular Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solutions – Horizon CL6-2023-Farm2Fork-01-13 (2023-2026). She is the responsible of the subproject Confeção Alimentar Inovadora in RCI project “IDFoods – Food System of The Future – Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Sistemas Agroalimentares Sustentáveis e Nutrição Saudável” (2024-2026). She was team-member of more 7 projects. Sara has authored 25 scientific articles, 2 book chapters, with over 1150 citations and an h-index of 18. She has delivered 28 oral presentations (16 invited), presented 18 posters, have 13 outreach activities and submitted 1 PCT patent. She co-/supervised 16 students (trainees, MSc, PhD, Postdocs). She is a peer reviewer for 14 journals in tissue engineering and food technology, Associate Editor at Frontiers in Sustainable Food Processing, and a book editor for Springer Nature. Committed to innovation, Sara participated in two EIT Food programs (TEAM UP 2021 – cultivated meat and 3D printing; EWA 2021 – personalized snacks), and plays a key role in the community as Executive Member of CellAgri Portugal, member of the Advisory Board of a cultivated meat/fish startup, and co-chaired and organizer of the 1st and 2nd International CellAgri Portugal Conference.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Sara Maria Marques de Oliveira

Citation names

Oliveira, Sara M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2E1B-D684-7127
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8901-9757
Google Scholar ID: gJjZgIoAAAAJ&hl

Email addresses

sara.oliveira@inl.int (Professional)

Websites

https://inl.int/inl-people/sara-oliveira/ (Professional)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliveiramsara/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies - Food and Beverages
Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)
Italian	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/05/04 - 2022/06/02 Concluded	Building and Leading Research Teams (Outros) Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023 - 2026	FEASTS - Fostering European cellular Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solutions 101136749 Principal investigator International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal	Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31	InsectERA PRR Principal investigator	Ongoing
2023 - 2025/12/31	VIIAFOOD - Plataforma de Valorização, Industrialização e Inovação comercial para o AgroAlimentar VIIAFOOD Researcher International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2016/11/02 - 2019/04/30	N2020-PE-Nanotechnology based functional solutions NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000019 Researcher International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal	Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2016/12/31	UID/Multi/50026/2013 UID/Multi/50026/2013 Post-doc Fellow Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	Concluded
2015/07/01 - 2016/10/31	ComplexiTE - ERC - An integrated multidisciplinary tissue engineering approach combining novel high-throughput screening and advanced methodologies to create complex biomaterials-stem cells constructs) ERC-2012-ADG 20120216-321266 Post-doc Fellow Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	European Research Council Concluded
2015/02/01 - 2015/06/01	RL2 - New methodologies for the isolation and control of stem cells differentiation using advanced culturing conditions and/or nanomaterial NORTE-01-0124-FEDER-000018 Post-doc Fellow Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31	PEst-C/SAU/LA0026/2013 - Strategic Project - LA 26 5. PEst-C/SAU/LA0026/2013 PhD Student Fellow Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Gabriel DeSantis; Pablo Fuciños; Lorenzo M. Pastrana; Sara M. Oliveira. "Bioprinting as a fabrication method for cultivated meat". 2023. 10.1016/b978-0-443-18767-4.00012-3 Cerqueira, Miguel A.; Gonçalves, Catarina; Fuciños, Clara; Patel, Ashok R.; Oliveira, Sara M.; Martins, Artur J.; Azevedo, Maria A.; Pastrana, Lorenzo M.. "Nano and Microengineered Structures for Enhanced Stability and Controlled Release of Bioactive Compounds". In Delivering Functionality in Foods, 25-67. Springer International Publishing, 2022. 10.1007/978-3-030-83570-5_3
Conference poster	Calejo, Isabel; Lorenzo M. Pastrana; Oliveira, Sara. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Sara. "Multifaceted in vitro approaches integrating non-communicable diseases prevention in food personalization of cultured meat and seafood". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture, 2024. Enrico Brigada; Lorenzo M. Pastrana; Oliveira, Sara M.. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Sara M.. "Tenebrio Molitor derivaties for 3D printed meat anamogues". Paper presented in 1st InsectERA Congress, 2024. Oliveira, Sara M.; Lorenzo M. Pastrana. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Sara M.. "3D food structuration for a multiscale design of new foods: healthier, more sustainable and personalized". Paper presented in INL research Symposium 2024, 2024. Oliveira, Sara; Marques, Arlete; Mohammad T.; Neda R.; José Teixeira; Cerqueira, Miguel A.. "Cell-derived ingredientes for agrifood alternatives personalized for people with dysphagia". Paper presented in INL research Symposium 2024, 2024. Oliveira, Sara M.; Gabriel DeSantis; Lorenzo M. Pastrana. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Sara M.. "Bioprinting low-viscosity and highly shear-thinning edible inks by a novel in situ 3D structuration model". Paper presented in INL research Symposium 2024, 2024. Oliveira, Sara M.; Gabriel DeSantis; Lorenzo M. Pastrana. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Sara M.. "Bioprinting for Cultured Foods". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture., 2024. Marques, Arlete; Oliveira, Sara; Lorenzo M. Pastrana; Cerqueira, Miguel A.. "3D Food-printed fungal protein-based structures for different dysphagia levels". Paper presented in 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture, 2023. Oliveira, Sara M.. "Additive manufacturing of plant-based fat using sunflower oil/phytosterol oleogels". Paper presented in BioIberoamerica 2022, 2022.
Journal article	Marques, Arlete M.; Oliveira, Sara M.; Martins, Artur J.; Bourbon, Ana I.; Rousta, Neda; Taherzadeh, Mohammad J.; Teixeira, José A.; Cerqueira, Miguel A.; Pastrana, Lorenzo M.. "Use of a coaxial nozzle-assisted 3D printing and ionic crosslinking to control the texture of a mycoprotein-based food product". Future Foods 11 (2025): 100530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2024.100530. 10.1016/j.fufo.2024.100530 Oliveira, Sara M.; Martins, Artur J.; Fuciños, Pablo; Cerqueira, Miguel A.; Pastrana, Lorenzo M.. "Food additive manufacturing with lipid-based inks: Evaluation of phytosterol-lecithin oleogels". Journal of Food Engineering 341 (2023): 111317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2022.111317. 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2022.111317
Magazine article	Oliveira, Sara M.. "Digitalização e Personalização: As últimas fronteiras no setor alimentar", Tecnoalimentar, 2022, http://www.tecnoalimentar.pt/noticias/tecnoalimentar-33-aborda-a-digitalizacao-no-setor-alimentar/.
Preprint	Sara M. Oliveira; Gabriel DeSantis; Lorenzo M. Pastrana. "3D bioprinting of low-viscosity phase-separated food-grade bioinks byin situself-assembly". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.06.602353. 10.1101/2024.07.06.602353

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024	3D-printed fungal protein-based foods for levels 5, 6, and 7 of dysphagia	IUFoST (International Union of Food Science and Technology) 2024 (Italy)
2024	Alternative Proteins. Big societal needs and exemple of research at INL	Students Visit International iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Portugal)
2024	InsectERA Webinar: Somos Nós…INL	InsectERA Webinar InsectERA (Portugal)
2024	Invited: Food Personalization with Alternative Proteins: Insect, Fungi and Cultuviated Case Studies at INL	International Virtual Symposium on 3D Food Printing & Additives (Portugal)
2023	Cell-based Food Personalization with 3D Food Printing and Bioprinting	1st International Confenrece of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Portugal)
2023	Invited: How can we improve future foods with 3D Food printing and nanotechnology?	Pint of Science Pint of Science (Portugal)
2023	Invited: Future Foods and gastronomy with 3D Food printing	European Young’s Chef Award Event Braga Municipality (Portugal)
2023	Invited: Could personalized 3D foods engineer us?	3B's Research Group Seminars 3B's Research Group (Portugal)
2022/03/28	invited: Additive Manufacturing of Foods - Alternatives and Better Foods Panel Discussion about Cellular Agriculture	Semana da Bioengenharia Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa)
2022/03/13	invited: 3D Food Printing - Challenges and Opportunities	XXI - Jorndas de Engenharia Quimica Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto)
2022	Invited: Additive Manufacturing of Foods	VII SBE – Bionegineering Week IST-ID (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022	Invited: 3D Food Printing Challenges and Opportunities	XXI Jornadas Engenharia Química FEUP (Portugal)
2021/03/13	invited: 3D Food Printing	Mulheres na Ciência Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia - UNL (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021	Woman In Science	Woman in Science FCT-UNL (Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/01	3D Food Printing with Mesquite Flour Supervisor	Master in Chemical Engineering (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/10/04 - 2024/10/06	2nd International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture (2024/10/04 - 2024/10/05) Conference (Co-organisor)	Associação Portuguesa para a Agricultura Celluar, Portugal
2022/01 - 2023	1st International Conference of CellAgri Portugal (2023/09/07 - 2023/09/08) Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal Associação Portuguesa para a Agricultura Celluar, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024 - Current	Invited: UTAD University Student Visit to INL 2024: Presentation about Alternative proteins and case studies at the INL. Workshop	Outreach Activity International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2023 - Current	INL Open Day 2023: Preparation of demonstration of food personalisation (e.g., demos available: ingredients, filled barrels and prototypes such as 3D printed egg, meat analogues with insects’ flour and fungi and antioxidant cookies). Training people from the group to use the Foodini 3D food printer and what to say. Exhibition	INL Open Day 2023 International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2022 - Current	Auchan Summit 2022 Demonstration of 3D food printing and demos from projects. Edible 3D printed cookies demos offered (20) Congress	Auchan Summit Auchan Holding SA, France
2021/09/04 - Current	European Researcher Night - 3D food printing Exhibition	European Researcher Night International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2021 - Current	European Young's Chef Award 2021: I shared with all the young chefs how nanotechnology can shape the future and help reduce the food system's impact with new food solutions. In specific, she presented how to use 3D food printing to produce more sustainable meat alternatives and then we concluded with a demonstration, and they also tried themselves. Exhibition	European Young's Chef Award 2021
2021 - Current	European Researchers Night 2021: I prepared a demo for 3D food printing related to food waste and functional foods, Exhibition	European Researchers Night 2021
2024 - 2025	Organization Commite - 3rd International Conference of thePortuguese Association for CellularAgriculture Conference	3rd International Conference of thePortuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture Associação Portuguesa para a Agricultura Celluar, Portugal
2024 - 2024	Workshop in Cellular Agriculture - Rountable Participant Round table	Workshop in Cellular Agriculture Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2024 - 2024	Participant and Co-Creation Working Group Moderator Workshop	Transboundary Smart Specialization Strategy Galicia-North of Portugal RIS3T 2021-2027 Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
2024 - 2024	INL Research Symposium 2024 - Session moderation Conference	INL research Symposium 2024 International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2024 - 2024	Invited to Working group for, e.g., field re-definition, field amendments and values, and creation of an international professional association for Cellular agriculture professionals. Positioning in the field. Definition of priorities and working groups Round table	Cellular Agriculture Field Strategic Roundtable New Harvest, United States
2023 - 2023	Main Conference Co-chair - Moderation of sessions. Conference closure session Speaker Conference	1st International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2021/05/01 - 2021/09	TEAM-UP . EITFOOD - Co-founder matching and development for the creation of a startup	EIT Food _ Team UP Program European Institute of Innovation & Technology, Hungary
2021 - 2021	EWA - EIT Food	EWA - Empowering Woman in Agrifood European Institute of Innovation & Technology, Hungary

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023/03/21	Reverse Engineering Insect-Based Meat Alternatives with 3D Printing, Texture Analysis and Oral Tribology Supervisor	Ana Pinheiro (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/01/01 - Current	Biofabrication	IOPScience
2023/01/02 - Current	Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
2023/01/01 - Current	Frontiers in Nutrition Nutrition and Food Science Technology	Frontiers
2023/01/01 - Current	Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology	Frontiers
2022/11/02 - Current	Trends in Food Science and Technology	Elsevier
2022/10/17 - Current	Journal of Food Engineering	Elsevier
2022/01/01 - Current	Bioprinting	Elsevier
2022/01/01 - Current	Advanced Materials	Wiley
2021/01/01 - Current	Food Chemistry	Elsevier
2021/01/01 - Current	Heliyon	Elsevier
2021/01/01 - Current	Journal of Food Engineering	Elsevier
2021 - Current	Heliyon
2021 - Current	LWT – Food Science and Technology
2021 - Current	Nanomaterials
2020/01/01 - Current	Polymers
2018/01 - Current	Gels ( 2310-2861)	MDPI
2023/01/01 - 2023/03/01	Advanced Materials	Wiley

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2023/12/01 - Current	(CoFounder) International Network of Cellular Agriculture	Member
2022/03/25 - Current	CellAgri Portugal	Executive member - vowel
2020/05/05 - Current	INL Staff Association	Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2022/10/01 - Current	Vowel of the Portuguese Association of Cellular Agriculture Other	Associação Portuguesa para a Agricultura Celluar, Portugal
2024/03/11 - 2025/03/27	INL Staff Council Member	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2023/12/01 - 2024/12/30	Coordinator INL Food Cluster Coordinator	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2022/12/01 - 2023/12/01	Deputy INL Food Cluster Coordinator Coordinator	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2024/10/04 - 2024/10/05	2nd International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture	Fórum Lisboa; CellAgri Portugal
2023/05/03 - 2023/08/04	1st International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory; Cell Agri Portugal

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	Food Expert for Cell4Food	Cell4Food, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2023/02/05 - Current	Hiring manager role Evaluator	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2024 - 2024	Training and mentoring in 3D Food Printing	Diana Jurado - PhD Student at University of Valencia
2023 - 2023	Training and mentoring in 3D Food printing	Loretta Casazza
2022 - 2023	Training and mentoring in 3D Food Printing	Alejandra Acevedo - Postdoc
2022 - 2023	3D Food printing	Enrico Brigada
2021/09 - 2022/05	Fulbright award to Portugal - from Philadelphia (USA)	Gabriel DeSantis

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/10/03 - 2024/10/04	Poster Conference evaluation at 1st ERSNA	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2025	Co-supervisor of award Brazilian Public Call MCTI/CNPq nº 16/2024 – External Postdoc,
2022	Supervisor of Student for Erasmus Mundus Program Grant Erasmus, Netherlands
2021	Supervisor of Gabriel DeSantis - Fulbright USA-Portugal Grant
2019	Philanthropic support to perform project in Cultivated Meat $50k - Principal Investigator Good Food Institute, United States
2018	Award of €5K International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Title

2024	INL Food Cluster Coordinator International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Other distinction

2010	PhD Scholarship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal