Biography
Catarina Ferreira dos Santos is an Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Setúbal School of Technology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She completed her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering in 2012 at the University of Aveiro. She is an integrated member of the Research Center CQE-IST funded by FCT. Currently, she is the Co-Investigator of the research project NanoTec4Perio funded by FCT. She actively participates in national and international projects. She has published seventy one articles in peer-reviewed journals. Has three book chapters.
In her professional activities, she has interacted with several collaborators in the co-authorship of scientific papers. She has oriented one FCT Postdoctoral Fellow, two PhD thesis, six MSc dissertations (IPS, New University of Lisbon, ITS) and more than twenty graduation/undergraduate course conclusion works (IPS). She is currently supervising two PhD students.
She has received two awards and honours. Works in the areas of Materials Engineering Sciences with emphasis on Nanotechnology, 3D printing and Biodegradable Biomaterials.
Since March 2021 she has been the Coordinator of the Degree Course in Biomedical Technology.