Speakers Bios

Seeram Ramakrishna

FREng, Everest Chair
Senior professor and world-renowned researcher at the National University of Singapore. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Springer NATURE Journal Materials Circular Economy, and Director of Center for Nanotechnology and Sustainability. He is recognized among the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds, and Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers in materials science as well as cross-fields categories. He has an H-index of 168 and i10-index of 1180 with over 138,000 citations for his publications to date. He is a co-author of an award-winning book An Introduction to Circular Economy, and UNESCO Report Knowledge-driven Actions: Transforming Higher Education for Global Sustainability

Sarah Cartmell

The University of Manchester, UK
Sarah Cartmell was appointed Professor of Bioengineering at The University of Manchester in 2014 in the School of Materials after joining Manchester in 2010 as a Reader in Biomaterials. She received a B.Eng. in Materials Science with Clinical Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in Clinical Engineering from The University of Liverpool in 1996 and 2000 respectively and then furthered her studies at GeorgiaTech, Atlanta for two years as a postdoctoral research fellow. She joined Keele University in 2002 where she continued her postdoctoral studies until obtaining a Lecturership in 2004 and then Senior Lecturer position in orthopaedic tissue engineering in 2008. Sarah is currently Deputy Head of The School of Materials and also Head of the Biomaterials Group at The School of Materials.

Joana Vieira

Senior Researcher at ForestWISE
Joana Vieira is a Senior Researcher at ForestWISE – Collaborative Laboratory for Integrated Forest & Fire Management, in Vila Real, and an integrated researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology of the University of Coimbra. She holds a Ph.D. in Biology (University of Coimbra, 2013) and a master in Ecology (University of Coimbra, 2008).

Ipsita Roy

University of Sheffield, UK
Ipsita Roy is a British-Indian materials scientist who is a Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her research considers natural polymers of bacterial origin for medical applications. She was elected to the New York Academy of Sciences in 1997 and serves as the Editor of the Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology.

Maria Manuel Gil

MARE-PLeiria, PT
Maria is an Associate Professor of the Institute Polytechnic of Leiria and is based in Peniche at MARE-IPLEIRIA. MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre is a R&D unit classified as excellent in the field of Marine Sciences by the Portuguese National Science Foundation. MARE-Polytechnic of Leiria focuses its research in the areas of Marine Biotechnology, Marine Biology and Aquaculture, and Seafood.

Ana Augusto

MARE-PLeiria, PT
Ana Augusto is an investigatador at MARE – Polytechnic of Leiria. She works in the field of Biotechnology and studies resources available in the Oceans.

Paula Faria

CDRSP-Pleiria; PT
Paula Faria is a Lecturer of the Mathematics Department at the School for Technology and Management of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and a Research Member of the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development (CDRSP) of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. Master of Science in Pure Mathematics (Numerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics) and with a PhD in Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering by the University of Lisbon (Thesis: Numerical Modelling in Transcranial Neuronal Polarization: Clinical Application to Epilepsy) . She is the Head of the R&D Computational and Mathematical Methods Research Team at the CDRSP.

Vijay Kumar Meena

CSIR - CSIO; India
Mr Vijay Kumar Meena is Principal Scientist, in Manufacturing Science and Instrumentation at the Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO) Chandigarh, which is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), a national laboratory dedicated to research, design and development of scientific and industrial instruments. It is a multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional apex industrial research & development organization in the country to stimulate growth of the Instrument Industry in India covering a wide range of applications.

Manoj K Patel

AcSIR-CSIO, India
Dr. Manoj K. Patel has received his B.Tech degree from NIT Jamshedpur and completed his PhD from Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR). He is currently working as Principal Scientist in Manufacturing Science and Instrumentation (MSI), CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh. Dr. Patel has started his research career in charged particulate technology, electro-hydrodynamics of liquid sprays and aerodynamics of charged particulate matter. His current research interests are electrostatic liquid atomization, electrostatic spraying technology, airborne charged particulate technology for and air-pollution abatement, electrostatic spraying for surface decontamination and effective disinfection and sanitization, food safety and nutrition, nanogenrators, precision agriculture, autonomous robotic systems for agricultural tasks, UAVs and aerial electrostatic spraying. Dr. Patel has three (03) patents, several research articles in refereed journals, other scientific articles and technical Know-How. He has completed eight (08) projects successfully funded by private as well as public funding agencies. He has transferred seven (07) technology know[1]how to various industries for commercial production and created three (03) startups. Currently, He is a project leader of various national and international projects funded by USISTEF, DST, CSIR, Govt. of India and private industries. Dr. Patel has received several awards, the most prominent are: Prestigious CSIR Young Scientist Award 2020, IETE-Hari Ramji Toshniwal Award 2020, Shushila Sharma New Idea Award 2020, IEI Young Engineers Award 2019, NRDC National Societal Innovation Award 2017, Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award 2016, SKOCH Smart Technology Award 2015 and Order-of-Merit Award 2015. He is a recipient of Post Graduate Research Program for Engineers (PGRPE) Fellowship, from CSIR (2010-2012) and TATA Cummins Meritorious Scholarship from TATA CUMMINS (2009-2010). Dr. Patel is a Fellow of Indian Social Science Academy (ISSA) and The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE). He is a member of various professional societies such as National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Vigyan Bharati (VIBHA), The Institution of Engineers (IEI), Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) etc. At a very young age, he has shown his leadership qualities and served as a member of advisory board of World Space Council and Biostandups. He is serving as an External Member, Board of Studies (BOS), National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur. He has supervised more than 16 undergraduates, 08 postgraduates and 01 MBA trainee student and currently mentoring 04 PhD scholars.

Mahadevappa Karidiraganavar

Department of Chemistry, Karnataka University, India
Dr. Mahadevappa Y. Kariduraganavar obtained his Master Degree in 1988 and Doctoral Degree in 1993 from Karnatak University, Dharwad. He joined Flora International Ltd., Bangalore as Manager (Operation). Prior to this, he also working as Research Assistant Grade-I In the Institute of Wood Science & Technology, Bangalore. In 1997, he joined Department of Chemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad as Lecturer and was subsequently appointed as Professor of Physical Chemistry in 2007. He did his Post-Doctoral study during 2007-2008 under the prestigious Commonwealth Fellowship Program at J.J. Thomson Physical Laboratory, University of Reading, UK. He also established a Collaborative Research Program with the University of Reading, UK. Dr. Kariduraganavar was participated as a Panel Expert at the International Conference held at Bangkok, Thailand in 2011. In 2002, he attended and presented paper in International Euromembrane Conference held in Londod, UK. During this period, he gave a lecture on Ion-Exchange Membranes for Electrodialysis Applications at Imperial College, London. In 2013, he presented a paper in International Conference held at Dubai. During 2015, he visited Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development (CDRSP), Portugal along with 3 of his Ph.D students as Visiting Professor and worked on Tissue Engineering for Bone Regeneration and Shape Memory Polymers. For the last four years he has been Chair of the Department of Chemistry.

Artur Mateus

CDRSP - PLeiria, PT
Artur Mateus is an Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department, on Rapid Tooling and Manufacturing, at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (PIL), since 1997. Also is Vice-Director of the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (PIL). He is member of the scientific and technological council of the Incubator for startups, OPEN (Marinha Grande – Portugal). Artur Mateus has a PhD in Polymer Physics from the University of Reading (UK), a MSc from the Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal) and a first degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Coimbra.

Diogo Nogueira

IBB-Tecnico Lisboa; PT
Diogo Nogueira is a Research Associate at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal where he obtained his PhD degree and Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering.

João Menezes

CDRSP-Pleiria; PT
Joao Menzes is a Scientific Researcher at CDRSP - Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic of Leiria. He graduated from the University of Coimbra with a Masters in Medical/Biomedical Engineering.

William Salvador

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, PT
William Sousa Salvador graduated in engineering from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Pedro Marcelino

CDRSP-PLeiria & IBB-IST, PT

Eva Silva

University of Minho; PT
Eva Silva is a Research Fellow at the University of Minho. She gain her doctorate on the Science and Engineering of Polymers and Composites also at the University of Minho. Her most recent publication addressed Hybrid Manufacturing of Aluminium Parts Combining Additive and Conventional Technologies—Mechanical and Thermal Properties.

Barbara Lamolinara

CDRSP-Pleiria; PT
Barbara Lamolinara is a research fellow at the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development of the Polytechnic of Leiria since October, 2019. She is currently a PhD student in "Agribusiness and Sustainability" by the Portuguese universities consortium of University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) and University of Évora (UÉ). She unites the scientific/biotechnology background with managerial skills to have a complementary and interdisciplinary profile with the objective to lead and manage sustainability project and activities. She has a Bachelor degree in Biosciences and Biotechnology at the University of Camerino, in Italy, a Master Degree in Biotechnology at the University of Cordoba, Spain, and a Master Degree in Biotech, Health and Environment at the University of Ferrara, Italy.

Javier Nakamatsu

Universidad Catolica del Peru; Peru
Javier Nakamatsu is a Professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He specializes in Polymeric Materials and Biomaterials and is a Faculty Member ofrtment of Chemistry

Filipe Jorge

CDRSP-Pleiria; PT
Filipe Jorge is a researcher at the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development in Marinha Grande, Portugal

Diana Pereira

CDRSP-Pleiria; PT
Diana Pereira is a researcher at the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development in Marinha Grande, Portugal

João Silva

IST Lisbon; PT
Joao Silva is a Research Associate at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal, where he obtained his PhD and MSc degrees in Biomedical Engineerings

Geoffrey Mitchell

CDRSP-Pleiria; PT
Geoffrey Mitchell is a Vice-Director of the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, a Coordinator Investigator at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading UK. He is/was supervisor/co-supervisor of fifty PhD and forty MSc Students.

Geoffrey Mitchell received a first degree in Metallurgy from the City of London Polytechnic, an MSc in Physical Research Techniques and a PhD degree in Polymer Physics from the CNNA/University of Cambridge.