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Albano Augusto Cavaleiro Rodrigues de Carvalho
Full Professor 
University of Coimbra
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8251-5099

Email: albano.cavaleiro@dem.uc.pt
Phone: (+351) 239790745

Main Research Areas
Materials and Surface Engineering, Deposition and characterization of thin films, Tribology, Nanocrystalline/nanocomposite materials
Hard coatings, Mechanical characterization of thin films (depth sensing indentation), Corrosion and oxidation behaviour of thin coatings, Self-lubricating coatings



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Paulo Ferreira
Head of Department of Advanced Electron Microscopy, Imaging and Spectroscopy
INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

Email: paulo.ferreira.at@inl.int
Phone: (+351) 253 140 112

Main Research Areas
Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology and Electron Microscopy applied to Alternative Energy Technologies

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Tomas Polcar
Professor of Materials Science and Tribology
University of Southampton

Email: T.Polcar@soton.ac.uk
Phone: (+023) 8059 8615

Main Research Areas
His research covers large area of surface engineering, particularly design, deposition and characterisation of thin films, radiation damage, nanoscale mechanical properties and interface phenomena. He pioneers novel self-lubricant coatings with self-adaptive nanostructure and high temperature tribology of thin films.

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Mariana Henriques
Assistant Professor
University of Minho

Email: mcrh@deb.uminho.pt
Phone: (+351) 253604401

Main Research Areas
Health Biotechnology and Bioengineering

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Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez
BCMaterials, Basque center for materials, applications & nanostructures, Spain
Physics Center, University of Minho, Portugal

Email: senentxu.lanceros@bcmaterials.net; lanceros@fisica.uminho.pt
Phone: (+351) 253604073

Main Research Areas
His work is focused in the area of polymer based smart materials for sensors and actuators, energy and biomedical applications.

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Maria Helena Fernandes
Facultade de Medicina Dentaria
University of Porto

Email: mhfernandes@fmd.up.pt
Phone: (+351) 220901100

Main Research Areas
- Bone metabolism and regeneration
- Regeneration of soft and hard oral tissues
- Cytotoxicity and biocompatibility studies - following in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo characterisation

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Juan Carlos Sánchez López
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla

Email: jcslopez@icmse.csic.es
Phone: (+34) 954489579

Main Research Areas
- Preparation of hard and self-lubricant coatings by magnetron sputtering techniques.
- Study of mechanical and tribological properties of modified surfaces, coatings and lubricant additives.
- Microstructural and chemical characterization of nanostructured materials (nanoparticles, nanocomposites, thin films) by spectroscopic and microscopic techniques.



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Sebastian Calderon Velasco
Research Fellow
Carnegie Mellon University – Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Email: scaldero@andrew.cmu.edu​
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Main Research Areas
He received his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, from the University of Minho – Portugal in 2016, with a special European Mention due to the development of part of his thesis at the University of Groningen – Netherlands. His work is focused on material science and state solid physics, with emphasis in development of multifunctional nanomaterials by physical vapor deposition methods and advance characterization using electron microscopy including HR-TEM/STEM imaging and spectroscopy techniques.

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Sandra Maria Alves da Cruz
Research Fellow
IPN – Instituto Pedro Nunes

Email: sandracruz@ipn.pt
Phone: (+351) 239700976

Main Research Areas
The purpose of her work is to contribute to a cleaner and decarbonization world, into the circular economy perspective, through:
- Preparation of C-based thin films for several applications (from low friction to biomedical field)
- Polymer-based composites

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Filipe Daniel Fernandes
Assistant Professor
ISEP—School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto

Email: fdffernandes@gmail.com
Phone:  (+351) 239790745

Main Research Areas
Surface engineering, Protective thin and thick coatings, Machining, Welding technologies, thermal spraying technologies, Tribology, Oxidation and thermal stability of Materials, Self-lubricant coatings, Interaction between surfaces​.

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Fábio Emanuel de Sousa Ferreira 
Researcher & Invited Professor
University of Coimbra

Email: fabio.ferreira@dem.uc.pt
Phone:  (+351) 239790745
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Main Research Areas
Surface engineering, Protective thin and thick coatings, Tribology, Oxidation and thermal stability of Materials, Self-lubricant coatings, Interaction between surfaces, antibacterial coatings, development of environmental friendly technologies​​.

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Ana Paula Sampaio
Assistant Professor
University of Minho

Email: psampaio@bio.uminho.pt
Phone:  (+351) 253601546

Main Research Areas
Molecular and Environmental Biology.

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Filipe Samuel Silva
Full Professor
University of Minho

Email: fsamuel@dem.uminho.pt
Phone:  (+351) 253510254

Main Research Areas
Mechanical engineering.
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