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My scientific journey has been focused on the development of electroactive materials for tissue engineering applications, with 15 ISI-indexed papers, 2 book chapters, and over 150 citations (h-index of 7, Scopus).My path has equipped me with a strong multidisciplinary foundation and advanced expertise in the interaction between smart biomaterials and biological systems. I completed my PhD in Materials Engineering in 2023, focusing on neural tissue engineering approaches. I had the opportunity to consolidate international collaborations at esteemed institutions such as the Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (Valencia, Spain), the UK Dementia Research Institute (University of Cambridge, UK) and the BCMaterials and Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience (Basque Country, Spain). My contributions have been showcased through 6 oral communications (3 of which were invited) and 4 conference posters presented at both national and international conferences. Currently, I hold an invited assistant researcher contract at the Center of Physics of the University of Minho and Porto, within the scope of the 0140_BIOIMP_ACE_MAS_6_E R&D project.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Teresa Isabel Marques de Almeida

Citation names

  • Marques-Almeida, Teresa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9D1C-20EE-5281
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7094-4638

Email addresses

  • talmeida@fisica.uminho.pt (Professional)
  • teresadealmeida20@gmail.com (Professional)
  • talmeida@fisica.uminho.pt (Personal)

Addresses

  • Universidade do Minho. Escola de Ciências, Departamento de Física, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/10/01 - 2023/07/14
Concluded
 Materials Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Tailored electroactive polymer-based materials for neural tissue engineering applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Highest grade
2015/10/05 - 2018/02/19
Concluded
 Biophysics and Bionanosystems (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Development of patterned polymer-based scaffolds for tissue engineering applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2012/10/01 - 2015/07/09
Concluded
 Genetics and Biotechnology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/08/01 - Current Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Centro de Física das Universidades do Minho e do Porto, Portugal
2023/05/15 - 2024/05/15 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Centro de Física das Universidades do Minho e do Porto, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2018/09/30 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Centro de Física das Universidades do Minho e do Porto, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/31 Researcher (Research) TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01/10 - 2023/07/14 PhD grant holder Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/04/01 - 2022/06/30 Visiting Researcher at BC Materials Fundación BCMaterials ¿ Basque Center for Materials Applications and Nanostructures, Spain
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2022/04/01 - 2022/06/30 Visiting Researcher at Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience Universidad del Pais Vasco Centro Achucarro, Spain
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2020/02 - 2020/04 Visiting Researcher at the UK Dementia Research Institute University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2016/09/01 - 2018/02/19 Master degree internship Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/05/03 - 2017/07/03 Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2014/07/01 - 2015/07/01 Bachelor degree internship at CIIMAR Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/05/15 - 2024/05/14 3D-BATADEL - Three dimensional (3D) printed BATteries for ADvanced ELectronics applications
2022.03931.PTDC
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/09/01 - 2018/09/30 LungCheck— EURONANOMED II Multiplex point-of-care device for lung disease biomarkers in sputum
ENMed/0049/2016
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/31 ElectroBio— Electroactive materials for biomedical applications
032/TT/2017
Research Fellow
TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/08/01 - Current BIOIMPACE+ – Promoção de bioimpressão e microrreatores em Medicina Regenerativa
0140_BIOIMP_ACE_MAS_6_E
Researcher
European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Marques-Almeida, Teresa; Carvalho, Estela O.; Unai Silvan; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Clarisse Ribeiro. "Electroactive Materials for Tissue Engineering". In Stimuli-Responsive Materials for Tissue Engineering. Wiley, 2024.
    Published
  2. Cardoso, Vanessa F.; Marques-Almeida, Teresa; Costa, Carlos M.; Correia, Daniela M.; Carvalho, Estela O.; Perinka, N; Martins, Pedro; et al. Corresponding author: Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu. "Solution processing of piezoelectric unconventional structures". In Organic Ferroelectric Materials and Applications, 375-440. Elsevier, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Marques-Almeida, Teresa; Ribeiro, Sylvie; Cardoso, Vanessa F.; Gama, Miguel; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Clarisse Ribeiro (921C-C35C-BC25). "Micropatterned Electroactive Scaffolds for bone tissue engineering". Paper presented in LapMET2021, 2021.
  2. Teresa Marques-Almeida (9D1C-20EE-5281); Renato Gonçalves (EA1E-72E3-77F8); Sylvie Ribeiro; Daniel Miranda; Magda M. Silva; Vanessa F. Cardoso (7817-FA13-CC13); Francisco M. Gama; et al. "Micropatterned electroactive polymers for biomedical and energy applications.". Paper presented in Jornadas CF-UM-UP 2019, 2019.
  3. Carlos M. Costa (CF17-B9BB-2367); Renato Gonçalves; Teresa Marques-Almeida (9D1C-20EE-5281); Daniel Miranda; Magda M. Silva; Vanessa F. Cardoso (7817-FA13-CC13); Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez (8318-953C-0D4D). "Enhancing the performance of separator membranes by surface micropatterning for lithium ion batteries". Paper presented in Jornadas CF-UM-UP 2019, 2019.
  4. Teresa Marques-Almeida (9D1C-20EE-5281); Vanessa F. Cardoso (7817-FA13-CC13); Sylvie Ribeiro; Clarisse Ribeiro (921C-C35C-BC25); Filipe Vaz; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez (8318-953C-0D4D). "Patterned fluorinated polymers for tissue engineering applications.". Paper presented in Spring Fluoropolymers Division Conference, Denver USA, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Carvalho, E.O.; Marques-Almeida, Teresa; Cruz, B.D.D.; Correia, D.M.; Esperança, J.M.S.S.; Irastorza, I.; Silvan, U.; et al. "Piezoelectric biomaterials with embedded ionic liquids for improved orthopedic interfaces through osseointegration and antibacterial dual characteristics". Biomaterials Advances 164 (2024): 213970. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioadv.2024.213970.
    10.1016/j.bioadv.2024.213970
  2. Marques-Almeida, Teresa; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Ribeiro, Clarisse. "State of the Art and Current Challenges on Electroactive Biomaterials and Strategies for Neural Tissue Regeneration". Advanced Healthcare Materials 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202301494.
    10.1002/adhm.202301494
  3. Ribeiro, Sylvie; Marques-Almeida, Teresa; Cardoso, Vanessa F.; Ribeiro, Clarisse; Lanceros-Méndez, Senentxu. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Sylvie. "Modulation of myoblast differentiation by electroactive scaffold morphology and biochemical stimuli". Biomaterials Advances 151 (2023): 213438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213438.
    10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213438
  4. Marques-Almeida, Teresa; Ribeiro, Clarisse; Irastorza, Igor; Miranda-Azpiazu, Patrícia; Torres-Alemán, Ignacio; Silvan, Unai; Lanceros-Méndez, Senentxu. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Clarisse. "Electroactive Materials Surface Charge Impacts Neuron Viability and Maturation in 2D Cultures". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15 26 (2023): 31206-31213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c04055.
    10.1021/acsami.3c04055
  5. Marques-Almeida, Teresa; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Ribeiro, Clarisse. "Degradation and mineralization of electroactive poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) electrospun fibers for bone tissue engineering". Reactive and Functional Polymers 182 (2023): 105475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2022.105475.
    10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2022.105475
  6. Marques-Almeida, T.; Fernandes, H. J. R.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.; Ribeiro, C.. "Surface charge and dynamic mechanoelectrical stimuli improves adhesion, proliferation and differentiation of neuron-like cells". Journal of Materials Chemistry B 11 1 (2023): 144-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2tb01933g.
    10.1039/d2tb01933g
  7. Marques-Almeida, Teresa; Correia, Vitor; Fernández Martín, Eduardo; García Díez, Ander; Ribeiro, Clarisse; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu. "Piezoelectric and Magnetically Responsive Biodegradable Composites with Tailored Porous Morphology for Biotechnological Applications". ACS Applied Polymer Materials 4 12 (2022): 8750-8763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c01114.
    10.1021/acsapm.2c01114
  8. Marques-Almeida, Teresa; Fernandes, Liliana C.; Correia, Daniela M.; Tubio, Carmen R.; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Ribeiro, Clarisse. "Piezoelectric biodegradable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) based electrospun fiber mats with tailored porosity". Polymers for Advanced Technologies (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pat.5582.
    10.1002/pat.5582
  9. Renato Gonçalves (EA1E-72E3-77F8); Daniel Miranda; Marques-Almeida, Teresa; M.M.Silva (0617-C764-1E82); Vanessa F. Cardoso; António Mário Almeida; Carlos M. Costa; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. "Patterned separator membranes with pillar surface microstructures for improved battery performance". Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 596 (2021): 158-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2021.03.138.
    10.1016/j.jcis.2021.03.138
  10. Teresa Marques-Almeida; Vanessa F. Cardoso; Miguel Gama; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez; Clarisse Ribeiro. "Patterned Piezoelectric Scaffolds for Osteogenic Differentiation.". International journal of molecular sciences (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218352.
    10.3390/ijms21218352
  11. Eduardo Pimentel; Ricardo Brito-Pereira; Teresa Marques-Almeida; Filipe Vaz; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez; Vanessa F. Cardoso. "Tailoring Electrospun Poly(l-lactic acid) Nanofibers as Substrates for Microfluidic Applications.". ACS applied materials & interfaces (2019): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b12461.
    10.1021/acsami.9b12461
  12. Renato Gonçalves; Teresa Marques-Almeida; Daniel Miranda; M.M.Silva; Vanessa F. Cardoso; Carlos M. Costa; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. "Enhanced performance of fluorinated separator membranes for lithium ion batteries through surface micropatterning". Energy Storage Materials 21 (2019): 124-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2019.05.044.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2019.05.044
  13. Teresa Marques-Almeida; Vanessa F. Cardoso; Sylvie Ribeiro; Francisco M. Gama; Clarisse Ribeiro; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. "Tuning Myoblast and Preosteoblast Cell Adhesion Site, Orientation, and Elongation through Electroactive Micropatterned Scaffolds". ACS Applied Bio Materials 2 4 (2019): 1591-1602. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.9b00020.
    10.1021/acsabm.9b00020
  14. Luis Amaro; Daniela M. Correia; Teresa Marques-Almeida; Pedro Martins; Leyre Pérez; José Vilas; Gabriela Botelho; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez; Clarisse Ribeiro. "Tailored Biodegradable and Electroactive Poly(Hydroxybutyrate-Co-Hydroxyvalerate) Based Morphologies for Tissue Engineering Applications.". International journal of molecular sciences (2018): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6121965.
    10.3390/ijms19082149
  15. Vanessa F. Cardoso; Teresa Marques-Almeida; Tiago Rodrigues-Marinho; Graça Minas; Luís Rebouta; Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. "Layer-by-layer fabrication of highly transparent polymer based piezoelectric transducers". Materials Research Express 5 6 (2018): 065313-065313. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aac682.
    10.1088/2053-1591/aac682
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Tailored Electroactive polymer-based materials for neural tissue engineering". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2023.
  2. Almeida, Teresa. "Development of patterned polymer-based scaffolds for tissue engineering applications". Master, 2018.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/27 Printable multifunctional, stimuli responsive and programmable biomaterials for advanced therapies The international Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (ISMIT)
Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (Cáceres, Spain)
2024/09/26 Electroactive materials in the scope of biomedical applications: from biomedical monitoring and actuation to advanced tissue regeneration strategies The international Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (ISMIT)
Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (Cáceres, Spain)
2024/09/02 Surface-charged piezoelectric substrates: A novel approach to enhancing primary neurons viability and maturation in vitro CMD31- General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division
(Braga, Portugal)
2023/04/08 Piezoelectric and magnetically responsive biodegradable composites with tailored porous morphology for neural tissue engineering Materiais 2023
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2023/03/30 Piezoelectric biomaterials for neural tissue engineering applications TERMIS 2023
(Manchester, United Kingdom)
2019/04/15 Electroactive micropatterned scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Materiais 2019
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 "Sensores Sustentáveis: Uma Impressão do Futuro": Participation as a collaborator demonstrating scientific experiments to individuals and/or groups
Exhibition
 UPA- “Uminho Portas Abertas”
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 "BioFuture: Biomaterials and Bioprinting for the Medicine of the Future": Participation as a collaborator demonstrating scientific experiments to individuals and/or groups
Exhibition
 NEI- "Noite Europeia dos Investigadores"
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 "Transformação de materiais de origem natural em sensores sustentáveis": Participation as a collaborator demonstrating scientific experiments to individuals and/or groups
Exhibition
 NEI- “Noite Europeia do Investigador”
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30 "Sustainable materials with optical properties": Participation as a collaborator demonstrating scientific experiments to individuals and/or groups
Exhibition
 NEI- “Noite Europeia do Investigador”
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 "Sustainable interaction and circular economy": Participation as a collaborator demonstrating scientific experiments to individuals and/or groups
2020/11 - 2020/11 Participation as a collaborator in Online NEI 2020
Exhibition
 NEI- “Noite Europeia do Investigador”
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27 Participation as a collaborator demonstrating scientific experiments to individuals and/or groups
Exhibition
 NEI- “Noite Europeia do Investigador”
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/04/29 - 2024/04/29 Practical class on the advanced course “Active materials-based strategies for tissue engineering applications” Biofísica e Bionanossistemas (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/04 - 2024/04 Class presentation on the advanced course “Active materials-based strategies for tissue engineering applications” Biofísica e Bionanossistemas (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/05/11 - 2023/05/11 Class presentation on the advanced course “Active materials-based strategies for tissue engineering applications” Biofísica e Bionanossistemas (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/09/04 - Current BioNanoScience

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/11/01 - Current Tutoring in the scope of "Nanotherapy for spinal injuries based on the use of baclofen targeted to CGSP" master thesis Rafaela Silva Martins
2022/04 - 2022/10 Tutoring in the scope of "Electroactive hybrid microstructures for spinal cord regeneration" master thesis Fábio Manuel Ratana Rodrigues
2021/03/01 - 2021/03/31 Tutoring in the scope of "Development of in situ forming, polysaccharide-based self-healable and printable hydrogels for soft actuators and biomedical applications” PhD thesis Sheila Maíz
2021/03/01 - 2021/03/31 Tutoring in the scope of "Electroactive polymer materials based heart-on-a-chip as a novel approach for cardiac tissue engineering" PhD thesis Rafaela Marques Meira