Luísa Isabel Serra da Glória Fialho (E21E-7900-7D05)

Curriculum Vitae

Luísa Isabel Serra da Glória Fialho

Luísa Fialho received her M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from NOVA School of Science and Technology (2015) and her Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the University of Minho (2021). During her Ph.D., she was a visiting researcher at BoneLab, at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto (FMDUP), and at the Department of Advanced Electron Microscopy at International Nanotechnological Iberian Laboratorial (INL). She was a researcher at the Centre of Physics from the Universities of Minho and Porto (CFUM-UP) within the scope of the Healthydent project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030708). She was a PostDoc researcher at the Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes (CEMMPRE) at the University of Coimbra (28.03.2022-31.10.2022), and at i3S (Institute for Research and Innovation in Health at the University of Porto)(01.11.2022-30.06.2023). Currently, Luísa is a Junior researcher at i3S by the 6th edition Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus (CEECind) (doi.org/10.54499/2023.08230.CEECIND/CP2844/CT0008) and Project Leader of an Exploratory Project funded by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (doi.org/10.54499/2023.11469.PEX), both in the Materials Engineering area. Luísa's main area of scientific activity is the development of multifunctional micro/nano-structured biomaterials produced by electrospinning, physical vapor deposition methods (DC magnetron sputtering), and electrochemical processes (anodization and plasma electrolytic oxidation). Her research interests include surface modification and advanced materials characterization, including: phase composition (by XRD and TEM); chemical composition (by EDS, XPS, and FTIR); morphological characterization (by SEM and TEM); electrochemical properties (by potentiodynamic curves and EIS); and biological characterization (cell culture, cell viability, and differentiation) and antimicrobial activity (microbial culture, resazurin assay, OD, CFU, cytometry). Luísa's well-received and recognized research practices translate into 12 peer-reviewed papers with more than 200 citations in total, and an h-index of 8 (Scopus). According to Web of Science, 100% of the papers are published in Q1 journals, and she is the first and corresponding author of more than 50% of the papers. Her work has been disseminated through 15 national and international meetings, including 12 oral and 3 poster communications. She is currently supervising 1 MSc student in Bioengineering and 1 BSc student in Biomedical Engineering. She also had supervised 2 MSc students and co-supervised/mentored 1 BSc student and 3 MSc students. Luísa's research is primarily focused on innovative biomaterials for medical devices and tissue engineering scaffolds, with a special focus on bone healing and infection prevention. Finding adequate solutions to promote the well-being of all is her main motivation.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Luísa Isabel Serra da Glória Fialho

Citation names

Fialho, Luísa
L. Fialho

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: E21E-7900-7D05
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9646-6769
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WIfBJI0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Researcher Id: AFS-1222-2022
Scopus Author Id: 57132704900

Email addresses

lfialho@i3s.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

(+351) 226074900 Ext.: 6106 (Professional)

Addresses

Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.i3s.up.pt/personal-info.php?id=4079&idg=106 (Professional)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Italian	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/10 - 2024/01 Concluded	FELASA B, Functions A and D (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Major in Introductory Training in Laboratory Animal Science 37th Edition, Mice and Rats, i3S Animal Facility Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/04 Concluded	Internship in Ivis Lumina series III equipment (Outros) Major in Advanced training in laboratory animal science Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2016/12/03 - 2021/06/08 Concluded	Materials Engineering (Doutoramento) Major in Surface Modification Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal "Design of new biocompatible osseointegrated and antimicrobial dental implant" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Very Good (maximum score)
2020/06 - 2020/11 Concluded	Internship in Advanced Electron Microscopy (TEM, STEM and FIB) (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Major in Specialty course in Advanced materials characterization using TEM/STEM and FIB/SEM International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2019/11 - 2019/12 Concluded	Intership in contact angle measuring system (Outros) Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal
2018/01 - 2018/02 Concluded	Internship in Scanning Electron Microscopy (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Major in Specialty course in Materials characterization by SEM/EDS Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2009/09/03 - 2015/05/13 Concluded	Integrated Master's in Biomedical Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Major in Tissue Enginerring Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Produção e avaliação de efeitos citotóxicos de nanopartículas de prata incorporadas em fibras obtidas por electrofiação simples e coaxial" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16/20
2013/02 - 2013/08 Concluded	Matlab - comet assay (Outros) Università degli studi di Pisa Facoltà di Ingegneria, Italy

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/02/01 - 2031/05/31	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

2023/07/01 - 2025/01/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

2022/11/01 - 2023/06/30	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022/03/29 - 2022/10/31	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2022/01/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016/02/19 - 2016/11/28	Carreiras / Categorias Subsistentes	Capgemini Portugal, Portugal

2015/05/04 - 2016/02/17	Carreiras / Categorias Subsistentes	Capgemini Portugal, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/07/26 - 2022/07/28	Formal member of the project: Design of new antimicrobial osseointegrated dental implants, Ref. PTDC/CTM-REF/30708/2017	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

2020/03 - 2021	Participation on the ORAiDEA project (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039985)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

2019 - 2021	Participation on the project: On-Surf - Mobilizar Competencias Tecnológicas em Engenharia de Superficies, POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024521	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

2020/06 - 2020/11	PhD visiting student	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

2019/04 - 2019/11	PhD visiting student	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/11/01 - 2023/06/30	Bio2SkinAdvanced: Desenvolvimento de uma nova geração de Adesivos com propriedades Antissépticas, Regenerativas e de Adesão para prevenir e/ou tratar lesões da pele provocadas pelo uso de adesivos médicos convencionais FELLOW_BPD/NORTE_Bio2Skin/INEB/1808/2022 Post-doc Fellow Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Concluded
2022/03/29 - 2022/10/31	I9LOGO - Inovação no desenvolvimento e produção de Logótipos para o automóvel (POCI-01-0247-FEDER- 07260) Lugus nº 790923 Post-doc Fellow	European Social Fund Concluded
2022 - 2022/05	Papers@USA CON7/CAN012 Other Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento Concluded
2021/02/01 - 2022/01/31	HEALTHYDENT: Desenho de novos implantes dentários osteointegrados com propriedades antimicrobianas (PTDC/CTM-REF/30708/2017) UMINHO/BID/2020/73 Research Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2016/12 - 2021/01	Doctoral Program on Surface and Protection Engineering (NORTE-08-5369-FSE-000047) NORTE-08-5369-FSE-000047 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Minho, Portugal	European Social Fund Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2025/02/01 - 2031/01/31	BiDress- Bioactive and Biodegradable wound Dressing for infected chronic wounds 2023.08230.CEECIND/CP2844/CT0008 10.54499/2023.08230.CEECIND/CP2844/CT0008 Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2025/02/01 - 2026/07/31	Bioactive wound Dressing for infected chronic wounds 2023.11469.PEX 10.54499/2023.11469.PEX Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/07/01 - 2025/01/31	Health from Portugal Agenda funded by the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) Researcher/IAPMEI/i3S/1205/2023 Researcher Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal	Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Physics Center of Minho and Porto Universities UID/FIS/04650/2019 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Centro de Física das Universidades do Minho e do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2025/05 - Current	Smart hydrogel to monitor and treat infections INFRACHIP Proposal 080 Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Carvalho, Sandra; Fialho, Luísa; Castro, Jose David; Paula Sampaio; Cavaleiro, Albano. Corresponding author: Carvalho, Sandra. "Development of an antimicrobial delivery system based on Zn/ZnO nanoparticles deposited by magnetron sputtering onto anodic tantalum oxide surface". Paper presented in SBPMat – XX Brazilian Materials Research Society Meeting, Paráná, 2022. Fialho, Luísa; Catarina Rebelo; Alves, Cristiana Filipa Almeida; Castro, Jose David; Paula Sampaio; Carvalho, Sandra. Corresponding author: Carvalho, Sandra. "Core-shell nanoparticles deposited by magnetron sputtering onto Ta2O5 surface developed by plasma electrolytic oxidation: antimicrobial activity and corrosion resistance studies". Paper presented in 1PSE 2022 - 18th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering, Erfurt, 2022. C. Rebelo; L. Fialho; C. F. Almeida Alves; J. Castro Castro; S. Carvalho. Corresponding author: L. Fialho. "Antimicrobial porous Ta2O5 surfaces with Zinc nanoparticles deposited by magnetron sputtering". Paper presented in Junior Euromat 2022, Coimbra, 2022. Catarina Rebelo; Fialho, Luísa; Alves, Cristiana Filipa Almeida; Castro, Jose David; Paula Sampaio; Carvalho, Sandra. Corresponding author: Carvalho, Sandra. "Development of antimicrobial surfaces by deposition of Zinc nanoparticles by magnetron sputtering on Ta2O5 nanostructured surfaces". Paper presented in 12. Materiais 2022 - XX Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais, XI International Materials Symposium \| II Iberian Congress On Materials Science and Technology, Marinha Grande, 2022. Fialho, Luísa; Catarina Rebelo; Alves, Cristiana; Castro, Jose David; Paula Sampaio; Carvalho, Sandra. Corresponding author: Fialho, Luísa. "Synergetic effect of porous Ta2O5 surface with Zn/ZnO core-shell nanoparticles on antimicrobial activity and corrosion resistance". Paper presented in ICMCTF 2022 - 48th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, 2022. Accepted Fialho, Luísa; Grenho, Liliana; Maria H. Fernandes; S. Carvalho. "Development of new osseointegrated and antimicrobial tantalum implant". Paper presented in EUROMAT 2021 - European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (Virtual Conference), 2021. Published Fialho, Luísa; Maria H. Fernandes; Carvalho, Sandra. "Development of cytocompatible and antibacterial porous tantalum oxide surfaces doped with zinc oxide nanoparticles". Paper presented in DCE21- 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering, Porto, 2021. Published Fialho, Luísa; Grenho, Liliana; Maria H. Fernandes; L. Forte Martins; Carvalho, Sandra. "New cytocompatible and antibacterial porous Ta2O5 surface: dental implant prototype". Paper presented in ICMCTF 2021 - 47th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, 2021. Published Fialho, Luísa; Grenho, Liliana; Maria H. Fernandes; S. Calderon V.. "First insights of a novel antibacterial and cytocompatible porous Ta2O5 surface doped with zinc oxide nanoparticles". Paper presented in 17th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering - Special PSE, Erfurt, 2020. Published Fialho, Luísa; Carvalho, Sandra. "Surface engineering of nanostructured Ta surface with incorporation of osteoconductive elements by anodization". Paper presented in Jornadas 2019 CF-UM-UP, Braga, 2019. Accepted Fialho, Luísa; S. Calderon V.; Carvalho, Sandra. "Surface engineering of metallic Ta substrates: improvement of bioactivity by anodization and antimicrobial activity by magnetron sputtering". Paper presented in IBERTRIVA 2019 - X Iberian Conference on Tribology / XI Iberian Vacuum Conference, Seville, 2019. Published Fialho, Luísa; S. Pires; J. Oliveira; S. Calderon V.; Paula Sampaio; Carvalho, Sandra. "Design of new osseointegrated and antimicrobial Tantalum dental implant". Paper presented in BiomatDevices whorshop 2nd edition, Guimarães, 2019. Accepted Fialho, Luísa; Alves, Cristiana. "Development of bioactive tantalum oxide surface by incorporation of osteoconductors ions". Paper presented in MATERIAIS 2019 - XIX Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais and X International Symposium on Materials, 2019. Published Fialho, Luísa; Alves, Cristiana; Carvalho, Sandra. "Development of Bioactive Tantalum Oxide Surface". Paper presented in XV Congreso Nacional de Materiales - I Iberian Meeting on Materials Science, Salamanca, 2018. Published
Conference poster	Carvalho, Sandra. Corresponding author: Carvalho, Sandra. "Surface Engineering: a powerful tool for biomedical applications". Paper presented in Exhibition of Technologic in Biotechnology, 2023. Fialho, Luísa; Alves, Cristiana Filipa Almeida; Paulo Ferreira; Luís Forte Martins; Paula Sampaio; Carvalho, Sandra. Corresponding author: Carvalho, Sandra. "Healtydent - Design of new antimicrobial osseointegrated dental implant". Paper presented in CEMMPRE Meeting, 2022. Fialho, Luísa; Carvalho, Sandra. "Surface engineering of nanostructured Ta surface with incorporation of osteoconductive elements by anodization". Paper presented in Jornadas 2019 CF-UM-UP, 2019. Fialho, Luísa; S. Pires; J. Oliveira; S. Calderon V.; Paula Sampaio; Carvalho, Sandra. "Design of new osseointegrated and antimicrobial Tantalum dental implant". Paper presented in BiomatDevices whorshop 2nd edition, 2019.
Journal article	M. Zegre; J. Barros; A.B. David; L. Fialho; M.P. Ferraz; FJ. Monteiro; L.A. Caetano; L. Gonçalves; A. Bettencourt. "Dual-Loaded Chitosan-Based Nanoparticles: A Novel approach for treating polymicrobial osteomyelitis". International Journal of Pharmaceutics (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2025.125480. 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2025.125480 Luísa Fialho; João Albuquerque; A. Sofia Pinho; Ana Margarida Pereira; Cláudia Monteiro; Nélson Oliveira; Sónia Ferreira; M.Cristina L. Martins. "Exploring innovative adhesive approaches to manage medical adhesive-related skin injuries (MARSI)". International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2024.103636. 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2024.103636 Luísa Fialho; Augusto Costa-Barbosa; Paula Sampaio; Sandra Carvalho. "Effects of Zn-ZnO Core-Shell Nanoparticles on Antimicrobial Mechanisms and Immune Cell Activation". ACS Applied Nano Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c03241. 10.1021/acsanm.3c03241 Pooja Sharma; Luisa Fialho; Nuno Miguel Figueiredo; Ricardo Serra; Albano Cavaleiro; Sandra Carvalho. "Antimicrobial Polymeric Surfaces Using Embedded Silver Nanoparticles". Antibiotics (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12020207. 10.3390/antibiotics12020207 Rebelo, C.; Castro, J. D.; Alves, C. F. A.; Fialho, L.; Carvalho, S.. "Tracking the chemically active Zn NPs to unravel the electrochemical activity evolution of Ta2O5 bone-like surface". Surface and Coatings Technology (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/60910416/. 10.1016/J.SURFCOAT.2023.129702 Fialho, Luísa; C. F. Almeida Alves; Carvalho, Sandra. Corresponding author: Fialho, Luísa. "A Decade of Progress on MAO-Treated Tantalum Surfaces: Advances and Contributions for Biomedical Applications". Nanomaterials (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/12/14/2319. 10.3390/nano12142319 C. F. Almeida Alves; L. Fialho; Marques, S. M.; S. Pires; P. Rico; Palacio, C.; Carvalho, Sandra. Corresponding author: C. F. Almeida Alves. "MC3T3-E1 cell response to microporous tantalum oxide surfaces enriched with Ca, P and Mg". Materials Science and Engineering: C 124 (2021): 112008-112008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2021.112008. 10.1016/j.msec.2021.112008 Fialho, Luísa; Grenho, Liliana; Maria H. Fernandes; Carvalho, Sandra. Corresponding author: Fialho, Luísa. "Porous tantalum oxide with osteoconductive elements and antibacterial core-shell nanoparticles: A new generation of materials for dental implants". Materials Science and Engineering: C 120 (2021): 111761-111761. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928493120336808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.111761 L. Fialho; C. F. Almeida Alves; Marques, Luis; S. Carvalho. Corresponding author: L. Fialho. "Development of stacked porous tantalum oxide layers by anodization". Applied Surface Science 511 (2020): 145542. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/70455. Published • 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.145542 L. Fialho; S. Carvalho. Corresponding author: L. Fialho. "Surface engineering of nanostructured Ta surface with incorporation of osteoconductive elements by anodization". Applied Surface Science 495 (2019): 143573. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.143573. 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.143573 Rebelo, Rita; Manninen, N. K.; Fialho, Luísa; Henriques, Mariana; Carvalho, Sandra. Corresponding author: Rebelo, Rita. "Morphology and oxygen incorporation effect on antimicrobial activity of silver thin films". (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/40876. 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.02.148 Marques, S. M.; Rico, P.; I. Carvalho; Ribelles, J. L. Gómez; Fialho, L.; Lanceros-Méndez, S.; Henriques, Mariana; S. Carvalho. Corresponding author: Marques, S. M.. "MC3T3-E1 cell response to Ti1xAgx and Ag-TiNx electrodes deposited on piezoelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride) substrates for sensor spplications". (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/43312. 10.1021/acsami.5b11922
Report	Carvalho, Sandra; Fialho, Luísa. Corresponding author: Carvalho, Sandra. 2022. Final report of Healthydent - Design of new antimicrobial osseointegrated dental implants (PTDC/CTM-REF/30708/2017). Fialho, Luísa. 2021. Progress report of Healthydent - Design of new antimicrobial osseointegrated dental implants (PTDC/CTM-REF/30708/2017). Fialho, Luísa. 2020. Progress report of Healthydent - Design of new antimicrobial osseointegrated dental implants (PTDC/CTM-REF/30708/2017). Fialho, Luísa. 2019. Progress report of Healthydent - Design of new antimicrobial osseointegrated dental implants (PTDC/CTM-REF/30708/2017).
Thesis / Dissertation	Fialho, Luísa Isabel Serra Glória. "Design of new biocompatible osseointegrated and antimicrobial dental implant". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/75545. Fialho, Luísa Isabel Serra da Glória. "Produção e avaliação de efeitos citotóxicos de nanopartículas de prata incorporadas em fibras obtidas por electrofiação simples e coaxial". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Física, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/15616.

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent

2023. "Bio2Skin Advanced - A new generation of medical adhesives with antiseptic and regenerative properties".
Protected

Other

Physical object

Fialho, Luísa; Carvalho, Sandra. "MAO-Ta dental implant prototype". 2021. Universidade do Minho Centro de Física

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/07/22	Antimicrobial porous Ta2O5 surfaces with Zinc nanoparticles deposited by magnetron sputtering	Junior Euromat 2022 (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/05/23	Synergetic effect of porous Ta2O5 surface with Zn/ZnO core-shell nanoparticles on antimicrobial activity and corrosion resistance	ICMCTF 2022 - 48th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (San Diego, United States)
2021/09/14	Development of new osseointegrated and antimicrobial tantalum implant	EUROMAT 2021 - European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (Virtual Conference) FEMS
2021/06/29	Development of cytocompatible and antibacterial porous tantalum oxide surfaces doped with zinc oxide nanoparticles	DCE21 - 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering FEUP - Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (Portugal)
2021/04	New Cytocompatible and Antibacterial Porous Ta2O5 Surface: Dental Implant Prototype	ICMCTF 2021 Virtual Conference (United States)
2020/09	First insights of a novel antibacterial and cytocompatible porous Ta2O5 surface doped with zinc oxide nanoparticles	17th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering - Special PSE (Erfurt, Germany)
2019/06	Surface engineering of metallic Ta substrates: improvement of bioactivity by anodization and antimicrobial activity by magnetron sputtering	IBERTRIVA 2019 ¿ X Iberian Conference on Tribology / XI Iberian Vacuum Conference (Sevilha, Spain)
2018/07	Development of Bioactive Tantalum Oxide Surface	XV Congreso Nacional de Materiales – I Iberian Meeting on Materials Science (Salamanca, Spain)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/04 - Current	Development of antimicrobial electrospun nanofibers for infected wounds Supervisor	Engenharia Biomédica (Degree) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2025/03 - Current	Development of polymeric-peptide nanofibers for infected wounds Supervisor	Bioengenharia (Master) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/01 - 2022/02/11	Desenvolvimento de superfícies antibacterianas por deposição de nanopartículas de Zinco por pulverização catódica em superfícies nanoestruturadas de Ta2O5 Co-supervisor	Engenharia de Materiais (Degree) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/01 - 2022/01	New cytocompatible and antibacterial porous Ta2O5 surface: dental implant prototype Co-supervisor	Engenharia de Materiais (Degree) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/07	Ta2O5 nanostructures obtained by anodization: a review Co-supervisor	Engenharia de Materiais (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/07	Desenvolvimento de superfícies antibacterianas por deposição nanopartículas de Zinco por pulverização catódica em superfícies bioativas porosas de Ta2O5 Co-supervisor	Engenharia de Materiais (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/01 - 2018/06	Desenvolvimento de uma superfície porosa e bioativa para implantes dentários Co-supervisor	Física (Degree) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022	Member of the staff of the Euromat Junior 2022. Responsible for the technical support of the auditorium. Chair in scientific session Functional Material (22 July 2022). (2022/07/19 - 2022/07/22) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/12/13 - 2017/12/13	"Nanotechnology in Portugal: Science, Business Society", Member of the organizing comittee. (2017/12/13 - 2017/12/13) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018/12/12	3º Seminário Temático da SPM: Industry & Surface Engineering - 30 anos em Portugal de Filmes Fino (Revestimentos) para Aplicações em Engenharia Mecânica Meeting
2018/10/02 - 2018/10/03	Participation on the meeting COST AMICI Mid-Term Conference European Cooperation in Science and Technology, in Zagreb, Croatia, with the topic "Disruptive Strategies for the Reduction of Hospital Acquired Infections: Can Antimicrobial Coatings Provide Solutions?". Meeting	European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2018/09/26 - 2018/09/27	Participation on "Foro Transfonterizo de Tecnologías Universitarias" in Salamanca (Spain), in order to present the doctoral project and obtain new patterns with collaboration of TecMinho. Exhibition	Foro Transfonterizo de Tecnologías Universitarias TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2017/06/06 - 2017/06/07	XPS Seminar Seminar	Surface Analysis by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy y - XPS Universidade do Porto Centro de Materiais, Portugal
2017/03/20 - 2017/03/24	Electron Microscopy Course: theoretical course Workshop	Electron Microscopy Course International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2017/01/23 - 2017/01/25	Surface characterization techniques: theoretical courses Workshop	II Jornadas Nacionais de Caracterização de Materiais Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023/11/17	Cytotoxicity of Electrospun mats loaded with anti-microbial agents towards Macrophages (Thesis) Main arguer	Pedro Miguel Coimbra Ribeiro (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/09/26	Superfícies Micro/Nano-estruturadas para Implantes Dentários (Thesis) Main arguer	Laura Santos Carvalho (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
2022/02/11	Desenvolvimento de superfícies antibacterianas por deposição de nanopartículas de Zinco por pulverização catódica em superfícies nanoestruturadas de Ta2O5 Supervisor	Catarina Rebelo (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/01 - Current	Surface and Coatings Technology (0257-8972)	Elsevier
2022/11/11 - Current	Nanomaterials (1873-5584)	MDPI
2022/11 - Current	Applied Surface Science (1873-5584)	Elsevier
2022/11 - Current	Journal of Functional Biomaterials (2079-4983)	MDPI
2022/01 - Current	Thin Solid Films (0040-6090)	Elsevier
2022 - Current	European Physical Journal Plus (2190-5444)	Springer Nature
2021/06 - Current	Biomaterials Advances (2772-9508)	Elsevier

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2017 - Current	Portuguese Materials Society (SPMateriais)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/03/11 - 2021/03/11	Invited Guest Lecture on Surface Modification by anodization	Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 - 2020	Invited Guest Lecture on Surface Modification by anodization: tantalum anodization in the framework of "Nanostructured Materials".	Engenharia de Materiais (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Invited Guest Lecture on Surface Modification by Anodization in the framework of "Nanostructured Materials".	Materials Engineering (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Invited Guest Lecture on Surface Modification by Anodization in the framework of "Complements of Physics".	Mechanical Engineering (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Invited Guest Lecture on Surface Modification by Anodization: tantalum and aluminum anodization in the framework of "Nanostructured Materials".	Engenharia de Materiais (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022 - 2023/05/31	GUEST EDITOR of a Special Issue in Nanomaterials (MDPI): Advanced Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Healthcare Applications (2079-4991)	MDPI guest edited by: Sandra Carvalho, Luísa Fialho, Mariana Marques

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2024/04 - Current	Produção e caracterização de macroesferas cerâmicas porosas bioativas utilizando biovidro e alumina para aplicação como enxerto ósseo	Crislayne Andreto
2023/10 - Current	Cytocompatible evaluation of functionalized microfibers	Deise Occhi
2023/01/01 - 2023/02/28	Mentoring research in microbiology	Duarte Guimarães
2021/10 - 2022/07	Superfícies nanoestruturadas bioativas com propriedades antimicrobianas para implantes dentários	Laura Carvalho
2021/01 - 2021/06	Desenvolvimento de implantes dentários	Pedro Agostinho
2020/05 - 2020/09	Estudo do efeito do jateamento em superfícies de tântalo	Isabel Torres
2018/10 - 2018/12	Estudo da incorporação de iões de cálcio, fósforo e/ ou magnésio por anodização	Hélder Teixeira, Joana Ferreira, Mário Coelho

Distinctions

Award

2022	Bolsas Paper @USA Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2021	Best oral communication in the Symposium on Materials Science and Engineering of DCE21 - 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Title

2021	Ph.D. in Materials Engineering Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015	MSc in Biomedical Engineering Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Other distinction

2024	Participation on S3E Start - The ultimate Acceleration Programme Supporting Deep Tech in Southern Europe
2023	Editor's Choice Papers Recommendation MDPI AG, Switzerland
2018	Funded participation as ECI at the COST Action "AMiCI Mid-Term Conference" meeting European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2016	Ph.D. grant (NORTE-08-5369-FSE-000047) European Social Fund, Belgium