Expertise: 3D bioprinting, biomaterials, rheological analyses
Short Bio:
Duarte Almeida is a PhD student in Bioengineering at Instituto Superior Técnico. He graduated with a Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico in 2023, after earning his Bachelor's degree in 2021 from the same institution. Duarte's PhD project was awarded a scholarship from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) and is a collaboration with the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY, US). The project focuses on the 3D bioprinting of a skin model that is innervated and vascularized, aiming at it being used in clinical practice.
Research Focus:
Investigation of biomaterials and processes to biofabricate human tissues.
Almeida, D., Küppers, F., Gusmão, A., Manjua, A.C., Ferreira, C.F.R., Portugal, C.A.M., Silva, J.C., Sanjuan-Alberte, P., & Ferreira, F.C. (2024). Design of magnetic kappa-carrageenan-collagen bioinks for 3D bioprinting. Journal of Materials Science, 59, 14573–14592 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-024-10021-y
Almeida, D., Sanjuan-Alberte, P., Silva, J.C., & Ferreira, F.C. (2023). 3D (bio)printing of magnetic hydrogels: Formulation and applications in tissue engineering. International Journal of Bioprinting, 10(1), 0965 https://doi.org/10.36922/ijb.0965