Senior doctoral researcher, Agroformulations

PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minho

Areas of expertise:

Biomaterials; Drug delivery; Nano-encapsulation; Drug-polymer conjugation; Hydrogels; Antimicrobials; Biophysical characterization

Previous positions:

PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering Doctoral Program at the University of Minho

Research Fellow at the National Institute of Biomedical Engineering (INEB), Porto

12 scientific publications; h-index (Scopus): 7

Two relevant publications:

Machado, A, Gama, M. and Martins, J. (2024.) Development of a dextrin-vitamin D3 micelle nanocarrier for the antimicrobial peptide LLKKK18 as a potential therapeutic agent for bone infections. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 12(44), 11464-11476. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TB00903G

Machado, A, Pereira, I., Silva, V., Pires I., Prada J., Poeta P., Costa L., Pereira, J.E., Gama, M. (2022). Injectable hydrogel as a carrier of vancomycin and a cathelicidin-derived peptide for osteomyelitis treatment. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A 110(11), 1786-1800. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.37432