Prof. Dr. Óscar Carvalho is a researcher at CMEMS–Center for Microelectromechanical Systems (School of Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal). He received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minho, Portugal, in 2015. Additionally, the main areas of his research are the development of advanced additive and subtractive manufacturing processes and multi-material components and their chemical, structural, mechanical, and tribological characterization.
Prof. Dr. Andrea Zille graduated with a degree in Environmental Science with an Environmental Biochemistry specialization from the University of Venice (Italy) in 2000. In 2005, he completed a PhD degree in Textile Engineering and Textile Chemistry at the University of Minho (UMinho), Portugal. Between 2006 and 2011, he had two postdoctoral periods, at the University of Minho and the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC), the University of Porto. In January 2012, he was hired by the University of Minho as a full researcher. He led the investigation line "Biotechnology and nanotechnology applied to materials" at the Centre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T). From September 2022, he has held the position of Associate Professor at the Textile Engineering Department of the University of Minho. In 2016, he was invited to be a professor of the Masters in Textile Engineering at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande de Norte in Brazil. In 2018-19, he was the lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories for the textile greenhouse fluorinated gas emissions chapter. In 2021 and 2022, he was listed in the World's Top 2% Scientists list promoted by the University of Stanford (USA) and Elsevier Editorial Group. Since November 2022, he has been the Director of 2C2T at the University of Minho.
Prof. Dr. Samir Hamza has been a professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director at the National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (INSAT), the University of Carthage, since 1997. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2002 from the University of Nancy-Metz, France, and joined the Biomaterials and Biomechanics Laboratory at the National Institute of Orthopedics M.T. Kassab, Tunisia. Since 1998 and 2004, respectively, he has been a visiting professor of the National School of Engineers of Metz and the University of Valenciennes, France. He is an expert in biomaterials, and his work is focused on the development of structural and mechanical properties of the biomaterials for medical applications. He obtained a HdR degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2012.
Jorge Padrão (JP) is Junior Researcher at Centre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), University of Minho, Portugal. JP possess a Graduation in Applied Biology (2006) and a PhD degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering (2014), both at the University of Minho. JP has an eclectic and multidisciplinary know how on fibrous materials, encompassing industrial microbial biotechnology for heterologous protein-based fiber production, electrospinning, wet-spinning and is an expert in bacterial nanocellulose (BNC - a 100 % highly crystalline cellulose nonwoven fabric produced by bacteria). JP has a particular vast experience in Microbiology (virus, bacteria, yeasts and filamentous fungi), and his inventive capabilities were essential for the development of novel protocols and in the adaptation of methodologies for the assessment of fibrous materials antimicrobial properties, as well as their biocompatibility. JP was Co-Supervisor of 5 MSc Theses and Supervised 1 BsC project Thesis. JP International work experience encompasses University de La Frontera (Chile) and University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
