Andreia Sofia Santana dos Santos obtained her Master degree in December 2014 in Biomedical Engineering at Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico. In 2015, she started her PhD from the MIT Portugal Program, which was concluded in February 2021. Her PhD thesis, entitled ¿Development of Multifunctional E-skin Sensors¿, was developed at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Centro de Investigação em Materiais (CENIMAT). The aim of the thesis was the development of electronic skin (e-skin) like sensors (piezoresistive pressure sensors and resistive temperature sensors) for different applications, from health monitoring to robotics and functional prosthesis, resorting to novel fabrication techniques based on laser engraving. She also explored energy harvesters based on composites of a polymeric matrix and piezoelectric nanostructures, micro-structured through laser engraving for an enhancement of piezoelectric and triboelectric output. Throughout her PhD, she published 10 articles, which have already a total of 140 citations: (First author) - dos Santos, A.; Pinela, N.; Alves, P.; Santos, R.; Fortunato, E.; Martins, R.; Águas, H.; Igreja, R. Piezoresistive E-Skin Sensors Produced with Laser Engraved Molds. Adv. Electron. Mater. 2018, 4 (9), 1800182¿1800192. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201800182. - Santos, A. dos; Pinela, N.; Alves, P.; Santos, R.; Fortunato, E.; Martins, R.; Águas, H.; Igreja, R. E-Skin Pressure Sensors Made by Laser Engraved PDMS Molds. Proceedings 2018, 2 (13), 1039. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2131039. - Dos Santos, A.; Pinela, N.; Alves, P.; Santos, R.; Farinha, R.; Fortunato, E.; Martins, R.; Águas, H.; Igreja, R. E-Skin Bimodal Sensors for Robotics and Prosthesis Using PDMS Molds Engraved by Laser. Sensors 2019, 19 (4), 899. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19040899. - dos Santos, A.; Fortunato, E.; Martins, R.; Águas, H.; Igreja, R. Transduction Mechanisms, Micro-Structuring Techniques, and Applications of Electronic Skin Pressure Sensors: A Review of Recent Advances. Sensors 2020, 20 (16), 4407. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20164407. - Dos Santos, A.; Sabino, F.; Rovisco, A.; Barquinha, P.; Águas, H.; Fortunato, E.; Martins, R.; Igreja, R. Optimization of Zno Nanorods Concentration in a Micro-Structured Polymeric Composite for Nanogenerators. Chemosensors 2021, 9 (2). https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors9020027. (First author shared with other colleague) - Rovisco, A.; dos Santos, A.; Cramer, T.; Martins, J.; Branquinho, R.; Águas, H.; Fraboni, B.; Fortunato, E.; Martins, R.; Igreja, R.; Barquinha, P. Piezoelectricity Enhancement of Nanogenerators Based on PDMS and ZnSnO 3 Nanowires through Microstructuration. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12 (16), 18421¿18430. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b21636. (Other articles) - Pereiro, A. B.; Llovell, F.; Araújo, J. M. M.; Santos, A. S. S.; Rebelo, L. P. N.; Piñeiro, M. M.; Vega, L. F. Thermophysical Characterization of Ionic Liquids Based on the Perfluorobutanesulfonate Anion: Experimental and Soft-SAFT Modeling Results. ChemPhysChem 2017, 18 (15), 2012¿2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201700327. - Goswami, S.; Santos, A. dos; Nandy, S.; Igreja, R.; Barquinha, P.; Martins, R.; Fortunato, E. Human-Motion Interactive Energy Harvester Based on Polyaniline Functionalized Textile Fibers Following Metal/Polymer Mechano-Responsive Charge Transfer Mechanism. Nano Energy 2019, 60, 794¿801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.04.012. She is working at ALMASCIENCE as a Senior Sensors Researcher since April 2020.