Susana Catarino (8D16-9246-53B8)

Curriculum Vitae

Susana Catarino

Susana O. Catarino is an Assistant Researcher in the Microelectromechanical Systems Research Unit - CMEMS and LABBELS Associate Laboratory, at University of Minho, and, since 2016, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the same university. She is, since November 2024, Vice Director of CMEMS-UMinho, and a counselour in the Scientific Council of the School of Engineering of University of Minho, representing the researchers. She finished the PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2014 at the University of Minho, and the M.Sc. Degree in Biomedical Engineering (specialization in Medical Electronics) in 2009 by the same University. She was awarded, in 2020, with an Assistant Researcher Contract - Stimulus of Scientific Employment, Individual Support (CEECIND), reference 2020.00215.CEECIND - 3rd Edition, for 6 years, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). During her scientific activities, she interacted with >90 co-authors in scientific publications. She published 43 papers in international peer reviewed journals (5 more submitted), 2 books as co-editor, 4 book chapters, >40 publications as proceedings of scientific meetings, having ~1000 citations and h-index: 13 (Scopus)/16 (Scholar). She has 3 patents, including 1 granted Portuguese Patent and 2 additionally submitted (1 US/EPO and 1 Portuguese) (1 more in preparation). She participated in 15 funded research projects, being Principal Investigator at 5 of them: (1) Chip4VVC: Novel lab-on-a-chip device for rapid and portable diagnosis of vulvovaginal candidiasis (LABBELS Intramural Funding, January – December 2025); (2) CardioOptical: Portable and non-invasive optical biosensor for cardiovascular diagnostics (competitive CEECIND 3rd edition FCT, 2021-2027); (3) Nanocarrier-based microfluidic strategies for characterization of Plasmodium falciparum-infected cells (International, funded by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2023-2024); (4) MalariaChip - Innovative non-invasive opto-acoustic microdevice for malaria diagnosis (National, funded by FCT, 2018-2022); (5) iProof20: "Device for automatic detection of malaria parasites", Promoted by TecMinho (Local, co-funded by Norte 2020 under the U. Norte Inova Project) (June - November 2017). She supervises 7 PhD (1 finished) and 21 MSc. students (15 of them finished), as well as Erasmus students, research fellows and several undergraduate students under the projects she coordinates, promoting the training and engagement of young researchers. She organized 6 scientific events and has received 9 distinctions. She was invited as member of several scientific and program committees at international conferences and guest editor of 9 special issues at international peer-reviewed ISI journals. SO Catarino was an MSCA PF Evaluator, Eureka Eurostars Expert Evaluator at Cut-offs 10, 11 and 12, and is an evaluator for the Slovak Research and Development Agency, National Science Center from Poland (Funding scheme: SONATA BIS-11) and GWIS (USA) Fellowship Program. She is also an Ad Hoc journal reviewer at 20 international journals. SO Catarino has established international cooperation with researchers from Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), University of Strathclyde (UK), University of São Paulo (Brazil), Tohoku University (Japan), CISA (Angola) and International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory - INL, on the scope of her PhD supervisions and research projects. SO Catarino has >650 h of teaching experience at the Dept. Industrial Electronics, University of Minho, in the area of microtechnologies. Her main research area is Biomedical Engineering (with specialization in Medical Electronics), focusing on modeling, numerical simulation and development of optical and acoustic transducers for integration in microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip devices, for medical diagnostics.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Susana Catarino

Citation names

Catarino, Susana
Catarino, S O

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 8D16-9246-53B8
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8962-0710
Researcher Id: O-1755-2016
Scopus Author Id: 35774024800

Email addresses

scatarino@dei.uminho.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Universidade do Minho. Universidade do Minho, CMEMS, DEI, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058, Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8962-0710 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Education

	Degree	Classification
2009/10 - 2014/02/17 Concluded	PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Modeling, simulation and implementation of acoustic streaming for microfluidic applications (in Portuguese)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Unanimously Approved
2009/09 - 2013/05 Concluded	Advanced Course in Biomedical Engineering (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Minho, Portugal	17 (in 20)
2004/09 - 2009/09 Concluded	M.Sc. Degree in Biomedical Engineering (specialization in Medical Electronics) (Mestrado) Major in Biomedical Engineering Universidade do Minho, Portugal "A study on the efficiency of acoustic streaming, based on beta-PVDF polymer, in the process of mixing biological fluids in non-routine clinical analysis (in Portuguese)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16 (in 20)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/07/15 - 2027/07/14	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2019/01/15 - 2021/07/14	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/09 - Current	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/10/03 - 2020/02	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/11/21 - 2027	Vice Director of the Centre for Microelectromechanical Systems (CMEMS-UMinho) for the 2025-2027 period	Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/10/01 - 2018/09/30	Postdoctoral researcher (FCT funding: SFRH/BPD/108889/2015): Multifunctional lab-on-a-chip for blood properties detection with integrated PVDF acoustic transducers: application to malaria biomarkers	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal

2014/01/29 - 2015/06/30	Research Fellow (Project Reference NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000025): Development of mixing systems based on piezoelectric films for medical microdevices (Lab-on-Chip).	Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal

2009/10/01 - 2013/09/30	PhD research fellow, Reference SFRH/BD/61767/2009: Modeling, simulation and implementation of acoustic mixing for microfluidic devices.	Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal

2008/10/01 - 2009/07/31	Master student under the research project: "A study on the efficiency of acoustic streaming, based on beta-PVDF polymer, in the process of mixing biological fluids in non-routine clinical analysis".	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2015/10/01 - 2018/09/30	Multifunctional lab-on-a-chip for blood properties detection with integrated PVDF acoustic transducers: application to malaria biomarkers SFRH/BPD/108889/2015 Post-doc Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2014/01 - 2015/06	LEPAE/CEFT - reinforcing R&D engineering competences in Energy, Environment & Health NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000025 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Concluded
2009/10/01 - 2013/09/30	Modeling, simulation and implementation of acoustic mixing for microfluidic devices SFRH/BD/61767/2009 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/07/15 - 2027/07/14	CardioOptical: Portable and non-invasive optical biosensor for cardiovascular diagnostics 2020.00215.CEECIND/CP1600/CT0009 10.54499/2020.00215.CEECIND/CP1600/CT0009 Principal investigator Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2025/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Chip4VVC: Novel lab-on-a-chip device for rapid and portable diagnosis of vulvovaginal candidiasis LABBELS_IMF.2025C Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal	Universidade do Minho Labbels Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Associate Laboratory on Biotechnology, Bioengineering and microELectromechanical Systems 10.54499/LA/P/0029/2020 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Laboratório Associado em Biotecnologia, Bioengenharia e Sistemas microELetromecânicos LA/P/0029/2020 Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/07/01 - 2025/06/30	Nanocarrier-based microfluidic strategies for characterization of Plasmodium falciparum-infected cells Catarino Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal	European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Ongoing
2022/01 - 2025/01	Mapping and modelling the transmission profile of optomechanical waves in the brain to optimize transcranial stimulation against brain disorders PTDC/EME-EME/1681/2021 Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/03/28 - 2024/12/31	PlastiSensor: Lab-on-a-chip for in-situ aquatic microplastics identification and quantification by infrared cytometry PTDC/EAM-OCE/6797/2020 Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/03/12 - 2024/09/11	Organ-on-a-chip with integrated photoacoustic system: a preclinical platform for drug release monitoring 2022.02165.PTDC 2022.02165.PTDC Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/03/10 - 2024/09/09	Portable microfluidic biosensor platform for remote, fast and minimally invasive molecular diagnostics of Stroke - PortSen4Stroke 2022.02085.PTDC 2022.02085.PTDC Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/05/01 - 2024/01/16	Lab-on-a-chip for in situ toxic phytoplankton identification and quantification EXPL/EAM-OCE/1155/2021 Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2022/01 - 2023/11	Brain-on-a-chip device integrated with biosensors: a preclinical platform for neurological diseases EXPL/EMD-EMD/0650/2021 Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020 - 2023	CMEMS Strategic Project 2020-2023 UID/EEA/04436/2020 Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/07/01 - 2022/05/31	MalariaChip - Innovative non-invasive opto-acoustic microdevice for malaria diagnosis PTDC/EEI-EEE/28178/2017 Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/07/27 - 2020/10/23	Verão com Ciência - i9MASKS Verão com Ciência - i9MASKS Researcher Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Microelectromechanical Systems Research Unit UID/EEA/04436/2019 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/07 - 2019/01	NFsCoolingSystem: An advanced microCooling System based on inovative NanoFluids and acoustic streaming PTDC/EME-SIS/30171/2017 Researcher Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Concluded
2015 - 2018	CMEMS Strategic Project 2015-2018 UID/EEA/04436/2013 Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017/06/01 - 2017/11/30	iProof - Device for automatic detection of malaria parasites U. Norte Inova Project Principal investigator	Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31	Projecto Estratégico - UI 319 - 2011-2012 PEst-C/EEI/UI0319/2011 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31	Strategic Project - UI 607 - 2011-2012 PEst-C/FIS/UI0607/2011 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Centro de Física das Universidades do Minho e do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2010 - 2011	MAP - Microchip Analisador de Proteínas [EN: "Protein Analizer Microchip"] QREN-ADI Researcher	Concluded
2008/09 - 2009/09	Laboratório num chip com microagitação acústica de fluidos [EN: "Laboratory on a chip with fluids acoustic streaming"] PTDC/BIO/70017/2006 Other Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Micro/Nano Devices for Blood Analysis, Volume II. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. 2022. Published • 10.3390/books978-3-0365-3228-8 • Editor Catarino, Susana. Micro/Nano Devices for Blood Analysis. Switzerland: MDPI. 2019. Published • 10.3390/books978-3-03921-825-7 • Editor
Book chapter	Boas, Liliana Vilas; Lima, Rui; Minas, Graça; Fernandes, Carla S.; Catarino, Susana O.. "Imaging of Healthy and Malaria-Mimicked Red Blood Cells in Polydimethylsiloxane Microchannels for Determination of Cells Deformability and Flow Velocity". In Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 915-922. Portugal: Springer International Publishing, 2017. 10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_99 Faustino, Vera; Catarino, Susana O.; Pinho, Diana; Minas, Graça; Lima, Rui. "A Comparative Study of Image Processing Methods for the Assessment of the Red Blood Cells Deformability in a Microfluidic Device". In Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 923-929. Portugal: Springer International Publishing, 2017. 10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_100 Catarino, S.; Lima, R.; Minas, G.; Catarino, Susana. "Smart devices: Lab-on-a-chip". In Bioinspired Materials for Medical Applications, 331-369. Portugal: Elsevier, 2016. 10.1016/b978-0-08-100741-9.00012-7 Susana Catarino. "Lab-on-a-Chip Devices for Chemical Analysis". 2015. 10.1007/978-3-642-27758-0_774-2
Conference abstract	Filipa Fernandes; Filipe Samuel Silva; Nuno Sousa; Óscar Carvalho; Catarino, Susana. "Models for light propagation in the head: trends and implementation of Finite Element approaches". Paper presented in International Brain Stimulation Conference 2025, Kobe, 2025. Accepted Vitória Baptista; C Rey-Souto; Miguel Silva; A Franco; Bruno Freitas; Catarino, Susana; Angel Vizoso-Vazquez; Maria Isabel Veiga. "Deep into the proteomic network of Plasmodium falciparum's lipocalin". Paper presented in XXII National Congress of Biochemistry, Aveiro, 2024. Published Margarida Ferreira; Bruno Freitas; Baptista, Vitória; Diana Pinho; Graça Minas; Maria Isabel Veiga; Vera Faustino; Catarino, Susana. "Development and fabrication of a microfluidic device for mechanical characterization of malaria-infected red blood cells". Paper presented in IWAM - International Workshop on Additive Manufacturing and Sustainability, Bragança, 2024. Submitted Filipa Fernandes; Filipe Samuel Silva; Nuno Sousa; Catarino, Susana; Carvalho, Óscar. "Developing optical mimicking phantoms of the head tissues – a new approach for transcranial photobiomodulation research". Paper presented in IWAM - International Workshop on Additive Manufacturing and Sustainability, Bragança, 2024. Published Vitória Baptista; Miguel Silva; Bruno Freitas; Catarino, Susana; Angel Vizoso-Vazquez; Maria Isabel Veiga. "Deep into the proteomic network of hemozoin formation in the malaria parasite". Paper presented in FEBS3+ Meeting: Exploring Molecular Frontiers, Pula, 2024. Published F Monteiro; S Oliveira; Catarino, S O; IO Sotiropoulos; Ó Carvalho; FS Silva. "Assessing the influence of ultrasound stimulation parameters in neuronal-like cells expressing Alzheimer’s disease-related mutations". Paper presented in 23rd Annual International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound, Taipei, 2024. Published Aritz Retolaza; Edoardo Sotgiu; Gabriel M Ferreira; Paulo J Sousa; Catarino, S O; Graça Minas; Filipe Alves ; et al. "Platinum Resistance Temperature Detectors for biomedical applications". Paper presented in MNE 2024 - 50th International Micro and Nano Engineering Conference, Montpellier, France, 16-19 September 2024, Montpellier, 2024. Published Filipa Fernandes; Filipe S Silva; Nuno Sousa; Catarino, Susana; Óscar Carvalho. Corresponding author: Filipa Fernandes. "Development and optical reflectance characterization of phantoms mimicking biological tissues for studies of light penetration in the brain". Paper presented in PBM2024, London, 2024. Published V Baptista; GM Ferreira; MS Costa; G Minas; MI Veiga; Catarino, Susana. Corresponding author: V Baptista. "Leveraging Optical Spectrophotometry for Outstanding Malaria Diagnosis". Paper presented in XIX Congreso Internacional de Investigacion Cientifica, 2024. Published Shivam Sharma; Filipe S Silva; Nuno Dourado; Catarino, Susana. Corresponding author: Shivam Sharma. "Numerical Simulation of Capillary Rise in Millimetric Cylindrical Tubes". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Engineering and Economics, Guimarães, Portugal, 6-7 June 2024, Guimarães, 2024. Published Vitória Baptista; Gabriel M. Ferreira; Graca Minas; Maria Isabel Veiga; Catarino, Susana. Corresponding author: Vitória Baptista. "On-chip optical microsystem for Plasmodium Falciparum malaria detection". Paper presented in UMinho Research & Innovation Open Days, Braga, Portugal, 30-31 January 2024, Braga, 2024. Published Sofia Oliveira; Jorge Padrão; Catarino, Susana; Francisca Monteiro; Andrea Zille; Filipe S. Silva; Betina B. Hinckel; Ana Leal; Óscar Carvalho. Corresponding author: Sofia Oliveira. "Mechanical stimulation of human chondrocytes by ultrasound as a bioinspired strategy to regenerate knee cartilage". Paper presented in 9th International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues (ICMOBT), Waikoloa, Hawaii, 2023. Published Rita Fidalgo-Pereira; V Fernandes; Óscar Carvalho; Orlanda Torres; Catarino, Susana; Júlio CM Souza. Corresponding author: Rita Fidalgo-Pereira. "Optical transmittance of resin-based composites on cementation of indirect restorations - an in vitro study (PT: "Transmitância ótica de resinas compostas na cimentação de restaurações indiretas - um estudo in vitro")". Paper presented in 32th Congress of the Portuguese Dental Association, Porto, 2023. Published V Baptista; M Silva; Catarino, Susana; MI Veiga. Corresponding author: V Baptista. "Dissecting the role of lipocalin in Plasmodium falciparum". Paper presented in YSF 2023 - FEBS Young Scientists' Forum, 6-8 July 2023, Tours, 2023. Published V Baptista; M Silva; C Calçada; R Esho; Catarino, Susana; MI Veiga. Corresponding author: V Baptista. "Plasmodium falciparum heme species dynamics under antimalarial exposure". Paper presented in BNITM 15th Malaria Meeting, Hamburg, Germany, 23-24 March, 2023, Hamburg, 2023. Published Baptista, Vitória; Miguel Silva; Graça Minas; Maria Isabel Veiga; Catarino, Susana. Corresponding author: Baptista, Vitória. "Optical spectrophotometry into hemozoin: towards sensitive malaria diagnosis". Paper presented in ICOPA2022 - 15th International Congress of Parasitology, Copenhagen, 2022. Published Baptista, Vitória; Miguel Silva; Helena Figueiredo; Catarino, Susana; Maria Isabel Veiga. Corresponding author: Baptista, Vitória. "Deeper into hemozoin formation pathway of Plasmodium falciparum". Paper presented in ICOPA2022 - 15th International Congress of Parasitology, Copenhagen, 2022. Published Cardoso, Vanessa F.; Catarino, Susana; Graça Maria Henriques Minas; Pinto, Vânia C.; Rodrigues, Raquel O.; Paulo J. Sousa. Corresponding author: Cardoso, Vanessa F.. "CMEMS-UMinho research centre: building advanced strategies on miniaturized biomedical platforms". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2022, Lisbon, 2022. Published Filipe Ferreira; Catarino, S O. "Simulation study of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) by breathing, coughing and sneezing". Paper presented in i9MASKS Workshop, FCT "Verão com Ciência", In: i9MASKS Workshop: Extended Abstracts, UMinho Editora, 29 March 2022, pp. 56-59, Guimaraes, 2022. Published Renata de Oliveira Diehl; Rui Lima; Catarino, S O. "Study of the development of PDMS microchannels for incorporation in masks". Paper presented in i9MASKS Workshop, FCT "Verão com Ciência", In: i9MASKS Workshop: Extended Abstracts, UMinho Editora, 29 March 2022, pp. 44-47, Guimaraes, 2022. Published Baptista, Vitória; Carla Calçada; Miguel Silva; Miguel Teixeira; Pedro Ferreira; Graça Maria Henriques Minas; Weng Kung Peng; Catarino, Susana; Maria Isabel Veiga. "Hemozoin: the future in malaria diagnosis". Paper presented in MAM 2020 – Molecular Approaches to Malaria, 23-27 February 2020, Lorne, Australia, Lorne, 2020. Published Catarino, Susana; V Baptista; C Calçada; M Teixeira; P Ferreira; G Minas; MI Veiga. "Characterization of the malaria parasite optical features for development of a non-invasive diagnostic device". Paper presented in ICVS Open Day, University of Minho, Braga, 2019. Published Liliana Vilas Boas; Rui Lima; Graça Maria Henriques Minas; CS Fernandes; Catarino, Susana O.. "Imaging of healthy and malaria-mimicked red blood cells in polydimethylsiloxane microchannels for determination of cells deformability and flow velocity". Paper presented in VipIMAGE - VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, 2017. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_99 Vera Faustino; Catarino, Susana O.; Pinho, Diana; Graça Maria Henriques Minas; Rui Lima. "A comparative study of image processing methods for the assessment of the Red Blood Cells deformability in a microfluidic device". Paper presented in VipIMAGE - VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Porto, 2017. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_100 Vera Faustino; Catarino, Susana O.; Graça Maria Henriques Minas; Lima, Rui Alberto Madeira Macedo. "Biomedical microfluidic devices by using low cost fabrication techniques: a review". Paper presented in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in Medicine and Biology II, Albufeira, 2015.
Conference paper	Fadlelmoula, Ahmed; Carvalho, Vítor; Catarino, Susana; Minas, Graça. "Numerical Modelling and Simulation of a Lab-on-a-Chip for Blood Cells' Optical Analysis". Paper presented in 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2024), Rome, 2024. Published • 10.5220/0012571900003657 Baptista, Vitória; Lozano, Rita; Catarino, Susana O.; Veiga, Maria Isabel. "Design of a two-fluorophore pH biosensor targeted to the digestive vacuole of Plasmodium falciparum". Paper presented in 7th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG 23), Porto, 2023. 10.1109/enbeng58165.2023.10175358 Pinheiro, Bruna R.; Dinis, Hugo D.; Catarino, Susana O.; Pinto, Vânia C.; Sousa, Paulo J.; Minas, Graça. "Experimental Characterization of a Piezoelectric Transducer for Integration into a Photoacoustic System". Paper presented in 7th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG 23), Porto, 2023. 10.1109/enbeng58165.2023.10175329 Ferreira, Gabriel M.; Sousa, Paulo J.; Pinto, Vânia C.; Catarino, Susana O.; Sousa, Patrícia C.; Minas, Graça. "A Numerical Study of the Heat Distribution Generated by a Microheater in an Organ-on-a-Chip Chamber". Paper presented in 7th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG 23), Porto, 2023. 10.1109/enbeng58165.2023.10175328 Fadlelmoula, Ahmed; Catarino, Susana; V Carvalho; G Minas; P Ferreira. "Contribution of biomedical devices innovation to sustainable development goals (SDG)". Paper presented in 5th ICEE - International Conference in Energy & Environment: Bringing together Economics and Engineering, Porto, 2022. Published Costa, Mariana; Baptista, Vitória; Minas, Graça; Veiga, Maria; Catarino, Susana. "Effect of the Materials' Properties in the Design of High Transmittance and Low FWHM SiO2/TiO2 Thin Film Optical Filters for Integration in a Malaria Diagnostics Device". Paper presented in Biodevices, Online, 2021. Published • 10.5220/0010193900210031 Magalhaes, V.H.; Pinto, V.C.; Sousa, P.J.; Catarino, S.O.; Goncalves, L.M.; Minas, G.. "Numerical and experimental investigations on micromixers geometries for high ratio flow rates". 2019. 10.1109/ENBENG.2019.8692474 Sanches De Baêna, M.; Minas, G.; Catarino, S.O.; de Baena, M. Sanches; Catarino, S. O.. "PVDF piezoelectric flow sensor for velocity measurements aiming malaria diagnostics: A preliminary approach". 2019. 10.1109/ENBENG.2019.8692515 Vera Faustino; Pinho, Diana; Catarino, Susana O.; João Mário Miranda; Graça Maria Henriques Minas; Rui Lima. "A passive microfluidic device for cell sorting and deformability measurements". Paper presented in 19th International Symposium on the Application of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisboa, 2018. Published Liliana Vilas Boas; CS Fernandes; Catarino, Susana O.. "Modifying methods of red blood cells to mimic malaria effects". Paper presented in V Encontro de Jovens Investigadores do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, 2017. Catarino, Susana O.; Silva, Ivo; Lima, Rui; Minas, Graça. "Spectrophotometric characterization of hemozoin as a malaria biomarker". 2017. 10.1117/12.2270995 Catarino, Susana. "Preliminary evaluation of a microfluidic device for blood separation and deformation assessment". 2017. 10.5185/eamc.2017 Ivo Silva; Rui Lima; Graca Minas; Susana O. Catarino; Silva, I.; Lima, R.; Minas, G.; Catarino, S.O.. "Hemozoin and hemoglobin characterization by optical absorption towards a miniaturized spectrophotometric malaria diagnostic system". 2017. 10.1109/enbeng.2017.7889466 Paco, D.; Lima, R.; Minas, G.; Catarino, S.; Daniela Paco; Rui Lima; Graca Minas; Susana Catarino. "Red blood cells deformability as a malaria biomarker". 2017. 10.1109/ENBENG.2017.7889446 Catarino, S.O.; Pinto, V.C.; Sousa, P.J.; Lima, R.; Miranda, J.M.; Minas, G.; Catarino, Susana O.; et al. "A numerical and experimental study of acoustic micromixing in 3D microchannels for lab-on-a-chip devices". Orlando, 2016. 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7592011 Catarino, S. O.; Minas, G.; Miranda, J. M.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.; Catarino, S.O.; Miranda, J.M.. "An overview of modeling and simulation for lab-on-a-chip applications". Braga, 2013. 10.1109/enbeng.2013.6518397 Correia, R.G.; Catarino, S. O.; Rocha, J. G.; Minas, G.; Catarino, S.O.; Rocha, J.G.. "CMOS control and actuation system of piezoelectric transducers for pumping, mixing and heating microfluids in lab-on-a-chip devices". 2013. 10.1109/iecon.2013.6699476 Catarino, Susana Oliveira; Silva, Luís Rebelo; Miranda, J. M.; Lanceros-Méndez, S.; Minas, Graça. "Experimental study of acoustic streaming phenomenon generated by piezoelectric transducers". Paper presented in 15th International Conf. on Experimental Mechanics, Porto, 2012. Published Catarino, Susana; João Mário Miranda; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Graça Maria Henriques Minas. "A comparison of acoustic streaming predictions by COMSOL Multiphysics and OpenFoam". Paper presented in ECCOMAS YIC2012 - Young Investigators Conference, Aveiro, 2012. Published Catarino, S. O.; Miranda, J. M.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.; Minas, G.; Catarino, S.O.; Miranda, J.M.. "Modeling and simulation of acoustic propagation for mixing and pumping fluids in lab-on-a-chip devices". Coimbra, 2012. 10.1109/enbeng.2012.6331359 Catarino, Susana; João Mário Miranda; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Graça Maria Henriques Minas. "Modeling and simulation of the mixing process of fluids in microchannels promoted by acoustic streaming". Paper presented in MNF2011 - 3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference, Thessaloniki, 2011. Published Cardoso, V.F.; Catarino, S.O.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.; Minas, G.; Cardoso, V. F.; Catarino, S. O.. "Lab-on-a-chip using acoustic streaming for mixing and pumping fluids". 2011. 10.1109/ENBENG.2011.6026068 Catarino, S. O.; Rocha, J. G.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.; Correia, R. G.; Cardoso, V. F.; Minas, G.; Catarino, S.O.; et al. "Heating of samples by acoustic microagitation for improving reaction of biological fluids". 2010. 10.1109/isie.2010.5637682
Journal article	Filipa Fernandes; Mário R. C. Pereira; Delfim Soares; António M. Fonseca; Daniel Costa; Filipe S. Silva; Nuno Sousa; Susana O. Catarino; Óscar Carvalho. "Development and optical characterisation of agarose-based phantoms mimicking biological tissues for studies of light penetration in the brain". Biomaterials Science (2024): https://doi.org/10.1039/D4BM01044B. Published • 10.1039/D4BM01044B Fernandes, Filipa; Oliveira, Sofia; Monteiro, Francisca; Gasik, Michael; Silva, Filipe S.; Sousa, Nuno; Carvalho, Óscar; Catarino, Susana O.. "Devices used for photobiomodulation of the brain—a comprehensive and systematic review". Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 21 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-024-01351-8. Open access • Published • 10.1186/s12984-024-01351-8 Glauco Nobrega; Beatriz Cardoso; Reinaldo Souza; José Pereira; Pedro Pontes; Susana O. Catarino; Diana Pinho; Rui Lima; Ana Moita. "A Review of Novel Heat Transfer Materials and Fluids for Aerospace Applications". Aerospace 11 4 (2024): 275. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11040275. Open access • Published • 10.3390/aerospace11040275 Fidalgo-Pereira, Rita; Catarino, Susana O.; Carvalho, Óscar; Veiga, Nélio; Torres, Orlanda; Braem, Annabel; Souza, Júlio C.M.. "Light transmittance through resin-matrix composite onlays adhered to resin-matrix cements or flowable composites". Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 151 (2024): 106353. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.106353. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.106353 Pascoal, Selma; Oliveira, Sofia; Monteiro, Francisca; Padrão, Jorge; Zille, Andrea; Catarino, Susana; Silva, Filipe Samuel; Pinho, Teresa; Carvalho, Oscar. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Sofia. "Influence of ultrasound stimulation on the viability, proliferation and protein expression of osteoblasts and periodontal ligament fibroblasts". Biomedicines 12 2 (2024): 361. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/12/2/361. Open access • Published • 10.3390/biomedicines12020361 Aline Gonçalves; Francisca Monteiro; Sofia Oliveira; Inês Costa; Susana O. Catarino; Óscar Carvalho; Jorge Padrão; et al. "Optimization of a Photobiomodulation Protocol to Improve the Cell Viability, Proliferation and Protein Expression in Osteoblasts and Periodontal Ligament Fibroblasts for Accelerated Orthodontic Treatment". Biomedicines (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12010180. 10.3390/biomedicines12010180 Cruz, Andrea; Fernandes, Elisabete; Rodrigues, Raquel O.; Catarino, Susana O.; Pinho, Diana. "Editorial: Disease-on-a-chip: from point-of-care to personalized medicine". Frontiers in Pharmacology 14 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1344379. Open access • 10.3389/fphar.2023.1344379 Ferreira, Gabriel M.; Azevedo, Filipe M.; Sousa, Paulo J.; Pinto, Vânia C.; Catarino, Susana O.; Sousa, Patrícia C.; Minas, Graça. "Numerical simulation, fabrication, and characterization of a heating system for integration into an Organ-on-a-Chip". Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (2023): 114699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2023.114699. Open access • In press • 10.1016/j.sna.2023.114699 Rita Fidalgo-Pereira; Carvalho, Óscar; Catarino, Susana; Bruno Henriques; Orlanda Torres; Annabel Braem; Júlio C. M. Souza. Corresponding author: Júlio C. M. Souza. "Effect of inorganic fillers on the light transmission through traditional or flowable resin-matrix composites for restorative dentistry". Clinical Oral Investigations (2023): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00784-023-05189-7#citeas. Open access • Published • 10.1007/s00784-023-05189-7 Ferreira, Gabriel M.; Baptista, Vitória; Silva, Vítor; Veiga, Maria I.; Minas, Graça; Catarino, Susana O.. "CMOS Spectrophotometric Microsystem for Malaria Detection". IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 70 8 (2023): 2318-2328. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tbme.2023.3242691. Published • 10.1109/tbme.2023.3242691 Kriebel, Jana; Gonçalves, Inês M.; Baptista, Vitória; Veiga, Maria I.; Minas, Graça; Lima, Rui; Catarino, Susana O.. "Extensional flow for assessing the effect of nanocarriers on the mechanical deformability of red blood cells". Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 146 (2023): 110931. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2023.110931. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2023.110931 Fadlelmoula, Ahmed; Catarino, Susana; Graça Maria Henriques Minas; Vitor Carvalho. Corresponding author: Vitor Carvalho. "A Review of Machine Learning Methods Recently Applied to FTIR Spectroscopy Data for the Analysis of Human Blood Cells". Micromachines 14 6 (2023): 1145. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/14/6/1145/htm. Open access • Published • 10.3390/mi14061145 Rita Fidalgo-Pereira; Orlanda Torres; Óscar Carvalho; Filipe S. Silva; Susana O. Catarino; Mutlu Özcan; Júlio C. M. Souza. "A Scoping Review on the Polymerization of Resin-Matrix Cements Used in Restorative Dentistry". Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16041560. 10.3390/ma16041560 Inês M. Gonçalves; Inês Castro; Filipe Barbosa; Vera Faustino; Susana O. Catarino; Ana Moita; João M. Miranda; et al. "Experimental Characterization of a Microfluidic Device Based on Passive Crossflow Filters for Blood Fractionation". Processes 10 12 (2022): 2698. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10122698. Open access • Published • 10.3390/pr10122698 Baptista, Vitória; Silva, Miguel; Ferreira, Gabriel M.; Calçada, Carla; Minas, Graça; Veiga, Maria Isabel; Catarino, Susana O.. "Optical Spectrophotometry as a Promising Method for Quantification and Stage Differentiation of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites". ACS Infectious Diseases 9 1 (2022): 140-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00484. Published • 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00484 Mariana Rodrigues da Silva; Renato Andrade; Fátima S. Cardoso; Sofia Oliveira; Catarino, Susana; Óscar Carvalho; Filipe S. Silva; João Espregueira-Mendes; Paulo Flores. Corresponding author: Sofia Oliveira. "Light stimulation on tenocytes: A systematic review of in vitro studies". Porto Biomedical Journal 7 4 (2022): e176. https://journals.lww.com/pbj/Fulltext/2022/08000/Light_stimulation_on_tenocytes__A_systematic.1.aspx?context=LatestArticles. Open access • Published • 10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000176 Renata Maia; Violeta Carvalho; Bernardo Faria; Inês Miranda; Susana Catarino; Senhorinha Teixeira; Rui Lima; Graça Minas; João Ribeiro. "Diagnosis Methods for COVID-19: A Systematic Review". Micromachines 13 8 (2022): 1349. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13081349. Open access • Published • 10.3390/mi13081349 Silva, José A; Ferreira, Rita; Sobral, Luís; Silva, Filipe S; Carvalho, Óscar; Catarino, Susana O. "Modelling and numerical simulation of magnetostrictive materials for reduction of friction". Engineering Research Express 4 3 (2022): 035007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/ac7f81. Published • 10.1088/2631-8695/ac7f81 Faustino, Vera; Pinho, Diana; Catarino, S O; Minas, Graça; Lima, Rui A.. Corresponding author: Lima, Rui A.. "Geometry effect in multi-step crossflow microfluidic devices for red blood cells separation and deformability assessment". Biomedical Microdevices 24 2 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10544-022-00616-0. Published • 10.1007/s10544-022-00616-0 Pinho, Diana; Faustino, Vera; Catarino, Susana O.; Pereira, Ana I.; Minas, Graça; Pinho, Fernando T.; Lima, Rui. "Label-free multi-step microfluidic device for mechanical characterization of blood cells: Diabetes type II". Micro and Nano Engineering 16 (2022): 100149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mne.2022.100149. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.mne.2022.100149 Gabriel M. Ferreira; Vítor Silva; G. Minas; Susana Catarino. "Simulation Study of Vertical p-n Junction Photodiodes' Optical Performance According to CMOS Technology". Applied Sciences 12 5 (2022): 2580. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/5/2580. Open access • Published • 10.3390/app12052580 Baptista, Vitória; PENG, Weng Kung; Graça Maria Henriques Minas; Veiga, Maria Isabel; Catarino, Susana. Corresponding author: Baptista, Vitória. "Review of Microdevices for Hemozoin-Based Malaria Detection". Biosensors 12 2 (2022): 110. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/12/2/110. Open access • Published • 10.3390/bios12020110 Catarino, Susana O.; Minas, Graça; Lima, Rui. "Editorial for the Special Issue on Micro/Nano Devices for Blood Analysis, Volume II". Micromachines 13 2 (2022): 244. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13020244. Open access • Published • 10.3390/mi13020244 Rita Fidalgo-Pereira; Daniela Minerva Evangelista Carpio; Óscar Carvalho; Susana Catarino; Orlanda Torres; Júlio C. M. Souza. "Relationship between the inorganic content and the polymerization of the organic matrix of resin composites for dentistry: a narrative review". RevSALUS - Revista Científica da Rede Académica das Ciências da Saúde da Lusofonia 4 1 (2022): https://doi.org/10.51126/revsalus.v4i1.136. Published • 10.51126/revsalus.v4i1.136 Fadlelmoula, Ahmed; Pinho, Diana; Carvalho, Vitor Hugo; Catarino, Susana O.; Minas, Graça. "Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy to Analyse Human Blood over the Last 20 Years: A Review towards Lab-on-a-Chip Devices". Micromachines 13 2 (2022): 187. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13020187. Open access • Published • 10.3390/mi13020187 Baptista, Vitória; Costa, Mariana S.; Calçada, Carla; Silva, Miguel; Gil, José Pedro; Veiga, Maria Isabel; Catarino, Susana O.. "The Future in Sensing Technologies for Malaria Surveillance: A Review of Hemozoin-Based Diagnosis". ACS Sensors 6 11 (2021): 3898-3911. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.1c01750. Published • 10.1021/acssensors.1c01750 Costa, Mariana S.; Baptista, Vitória; Ferreira, Gabriel M.; Lima, Duarte; Minas, Graça; Veiga, Maria Isabel; Catarino, Susana O.. "Multilayer Thin-Film Optical Filters for Reflectance-Based Malaria Diagnostics". Micromachines 12 8 (2021): 890. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi12080890. 10.3390/mi12080890 Susana O. Catarino; Vitor Hugo Pereira; Nuno Sousa; Graca Minas; Catarino, Susana O.; Hugo Pereira, Vitor; Sousa, Nuno; Minas, Graca. "Challenges and Perspectives on Biosensors for Highly Sensitive Quantification of Salivary Troponins: A Review". IEEE Sensors Journal 21 13 (2021): 13976-13984. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.3004239. Published • 10.1109/JSEN.2020.3004239 Teresa Lage; Raquel O. Rodrigues; Susana Catarino; Juan Gallo; Manuel Bañobre-López; Graça Minas. "Graphene-Based Magnetic Nanoparticles for Theranostics: An Overview for Their Potential in Clinical Application". Nanomaterials (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11051073. 10.3390/nano11051073 Catarino, Susana O.; Felix, Paulo; Sousa, Paulo J.; Pinto, Vania; Veiga, Maria Isabel; Minas, Graca; Susana O. Catarino; et al. "Portable Device for Optical Quantification of Hemozoin in Diluted Blood Samples". IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 67 2 (2020): 365-371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tbme.2019.2913454. 10.1109/tbme.2019.2913454 Susana O. Catarino; Graça Minas; Rui Lima. "Editorial for the Special Issue on Micro/Nano Devices for Blood Analysis". Micromachines (2019): https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10100708. 10.3390/mi10100708 Catarino, Susana; Raquel O. Rodrigues; Diana Pinho; Joao M. Miranda; Graça Maria Henriques Minas; Rui Lima. "Blood Cells Separation and Sorting Techniques of Passive Microfluidic Devices: From Fabrication to Applications". Micromachines 10 9 (2019): 593. https://mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/9/593. Open access • Published • 10.3390/mi10090593 Faustino, Vera; Catarino, Susana; Pinho, Diana; Lima, Rui; Minas, Graça. "A Passive Microfluidic Device Based on Crossflow Filtration for Cell Separation Measurements: A Spectrophotometric Characterization". Biosensors 8 4 (2018): 125. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios8040125. Published • 10.3390/bios8040125 Boas, Liliana; Faustino, Vera; Lima, Rui; Miranda, João; Minas, Graça; Fernandes, Carla; Catarino, Susana. "Assessment of the Deformability and Velocity of Healthy and Artificially Impaired Red Blood Cells in Narrow Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Microchannels". Micromachines 9 8 (2018): 384. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi9080384. 10.3390/mi9080384 Pinto, V.; Sousa, P.; Catarino, S.O.; Correia-Neves, M.; Minas, G.. "Microfluidic immunosensor for rapid and highly-sensitive salivary cortisol quantification". Biosensors and Bioelectronics 90 (2017): 308-313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2016.11.067. Open access • 10.1016/j.bios.2016.11.067 Catarino, S.O.; Minas, G.; Miranda, J.M.. "Improving acoustic streaming effects in fluidic systems by matching SU-8 and polydimethylsiloxane layers". Ultrasonics 69 (2016): 47-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2016.03.010. 10.1016/j.ultras.2016.03.010 Faustino, Vera; Catarino, Susana O.; Lima, Rui; Minas, Graça; Vera Faustino; Susana O. Catarino; Rui Lima; e Graça Minas. "Biomedical microfluidic devices by using low-cost fabrication techniques: A review". Journal of Biomechanics 49 11 (2016): 2280-2292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.11.031. Open access • 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.11.031 Catarino, S. O.; Minas, G.; Miranda, J. M.. "Evaluation of the successive approximations method for acoustic streaming numerical simulations". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 139 5 (2016): 2269-2279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4946993. 10.1121/1.4946993 Catarino, S.O.; Silva, L.R.; Mendes, P.M.; Miranda, J.M.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.; Minas, G.. "Piezoelectric actuators for acoustic mixing in microfluidic devices—Numerical prediction and experimental validation of heat and mass transport". Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 205 (2014): 206-214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2014.08.030. Published • 10.1016/j.snb.2014.08.030 Catarino, Susana O.; Miranda, Joao M.; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Minas, Graca. "Numerical prediction of acoustic streaming in a microcuvette". The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 92 11 (2014): 1988-1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cjce.22057. Published • 10.1002/cjce.22057 Catarino, Susana; Miranda, João; Minas, Graça. "Effect of ß-PVDF Piezoelectric Transducers’ Positioning on the Acoustic Streaming Flows". Micromachines 5 3 (2014): 654-666. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi5030654. Published • 10.3390/mi5030654 S O Catarino; J M Miranda; S Lanceros-Mendez; G Minas. "A numerical study on the heat transfer generated by a piezoelectric transducer in a microfluidic system". J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 395 (2012): 012091-012091. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/395/1/012091. 10.1088/1742-6596/395/1/012091 L.R. Silva; S.O. Catarino; P.M. Mendes; S. Lanceros-Mendez; G. Minas. "Development of a Piezoelectric Transducers System to Improve Mixing of Fluids". Procedia Engineering 47 (2012): 706-709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2012.09.245. 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.09.245 Cardoso, V F; Catarino, S O; Serrado Nunes, J; Rebouta, L; Rocha, J G; Lanceros-Mendez, S; Minas, G; et al. "Lab-on-a-Chip With ß-Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) Based Acoustic Microagitation". IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 57 5 (2010): 1184-1190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tbme.2009.2035054. Published • 10.1109/tbme.2009.2035054 Cardoso VF; Catarino SO; Martins P; Rebouta L; Lanceros-Mendéz S; Minas G; Cardoso, V.F.; et al. "Biological microdevice with fluidic acoustic streaming for measuring uric acid in human saliva.". 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2009): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19964879. 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334449
Journal issue	Catarino, S O; Carvalho, Oscar. "Special Issue "Smart Microstructures and Materials for Sensors and Actuators Applications"". Sensors (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Smart_Microstructures_Materials. Published • Invited editor Catarino, S O; Lima, Rui Alberto Madeira Macedo; Minas, Graça. "Special Issue "Micro/Nano Devices for Blood Analysis, Volume II"". Micromachines (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines/special_issues/micro_nano_devices_for_blood_analysis_v2. Published • Invited editor Catarino, Susana; Rui Lima; Graça Maria Henriques Minas. "Special Issue "Micro/Nano Devices for Blood Analysis"". Micromachines (2019): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines/special_issues/micro_nano_devices_for_blood_analysis. Invited editor
Magazine article	Catarino, Susana. "Passive mixing of fluids in microchannels for bioengineering applications – Tutorial for COMSOL Multiphysics simulation, version 5.2a", BioZero, Revista do Capítulo Português da IEEE-EMBS, 2017, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQfBh44700zOUt5cUJRb2w5cGM/view.
Newsletter article	Baptista, Vitória; Catarino, S O; Maria Isabel Veiga. "Research Highlights Featuring the Paper: "Review of Microdevices for Hemozoin-Based Malaria Detection" (doi: 10.3390/bios12020110)", Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) Surveillance & Response March 2022 Newsletter, 2022, https://mailchi.mp/1a6433c5910e/apmen-surveillance-response-april-2021-newsletter-6183686?e=22ed89728a.
Thesis / Dissertation	Catarino, Susana Oliveira. "Modelação, simulação e implementação de agitação acústica para aplicações em microfluídica [EN: "Modeling, simulation and implementation of acoustic streaming for microfluidic applications"]". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/40412. Catarino, Susana. "A study on the efficiency of acoustic streaming, based on beta-PVDF polymer, in the process of mixing biological fluids in non-routine clinical analysis". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2009.

Intellectual property

Patent

Catarino, Susana; Graça Maria Henriques Minas. 2019. "SO Catarino, G Minas, Granted Portuguese Patent: "Dispositivo automático para deteção de hemozoína, método de operação e seus usos" (EN: "Automatic Device for Hemozoin Detection, Operation Mode and Applications"), PT 110564". Portugal.
Granted/Issued

Provisional application for patent

2022. "R Lima, RR Souza, A Moita, M Bañobre-Lopez, ALN Moreira, G Minas, SO Catarino, FMS Barbosa, JC Teixeira, E Ferreira, Provisional Patent Application, "Elastomer composite serpentine for a heat exchanger, method for obtaining and uses thereof", PT 118128 P.".
2021. "SO Catarino, V Baptista, MI Veiga, G Minas, PCT international application, "Automatic device for non-invasive malaria diagnosis through optical reflectance techniques, methods and uses thereof", US Patent App. 18/246,760, EPO EP21801986.7A, WO PCT/IB2021/058926, 29/09/2021 (National priority claim PT 116798, 29/09/2020).".

Other

Other output

Modeling and simulation of acoustic streaming phenomenon produced by piezoelectric polymers. SO Catarino, JM Miranda, S Lanceros-Mendéz, G Minas, Modeling and simulation of acoustic streaming phenomenon produced by piezoelectric polymers, Extended Abstract, School of Engineering Week, University of Minho, Portugal, 20-26 October 2011.. 2011. Catarino, Susana.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/04/18	“2-hour short workshop: COMSOL Multiphysics”	COMSOL Multiphysics Workshop, organized by the Physics and Physics Engineering Student Association (NEFUM) at University of Minho Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2023/01/09	Microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip and point-of-care devices for biomedical applications [Invited Seminar]	Invited Seminar, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (Online) Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (Portugal)
2022/06/02	"MalariaChip: novo microssistema para diagnóstico não invasivo de malária" [EN: MalariaChip: novel microsystem for non-invasive malaria diagnosis] [Invited Seminar]	Seminar at the Bionanodevices for clinical diagnostics Course, M.Sc. in Biophysics and Bionanosystems, University of Minho University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2022/02/14	"MalariaChip: e se usássemos a luz para detetar malária?" [EN: What if we could use light to detect malaria?], Invited speaker at XVII Jornadas de Engenharia Biomédica	XVII Jornadas de Engenharia Biomédica [EN: XVII Symposium in Biomedical Engineering] GAEB, Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2021/09/03	"Optical reflectance as a novel approach for malaria diagnosis" [Invited Speaker]	Biomedical Engineering Summit, ANEEB Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica, ANEEB (Sede Nacional da Ordem dos Engenheiros, Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/05/24	"MalariaChip: novo microssistema para diagnóstico não invasivo de malária" [EN: MalariaChip: novel microsystem for non-invasive malaria diagnosis], Online	Seminar at the Bionanodevices for clinical diagnostics Course, M.Sc. in Biophysics and Bionanosystems, University of Minho University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2021/05/19	"E se a luz nos ajudasse a detetar malária?" [EN: What if light could help us to detect malaria?], Pint of Science Portugal	Pint of Science Portugal Pint of Science (Guimarães, Portugal)
2021/05/10	"Microfluidics and acoustics for malaria detection"	Workshop: Microsystems for diagnostics and theranostics, Thematic session MalariaChip Microelectromechanical Systems Research Unit, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2019/07/08	An overview of CMEMS-UMinho approaches on point-of-care devices for medical diagnostics	Encontro Ciência Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/11/14	iProof20 - "MalariaChip"	Evento iProof20 – os desafios, as oportunidades e os casos de sucesso, IBS, University of Minho Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2017/11/22	"MalariaChip: device for automatic detection of malaria parasites"	Match@Saúde, TecMinho, University of Minho Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2017/10/20	Imaging of healthy and malaria-mimicked red blood cells in polydimethylsiloxane microchannels for determination of cells deformability and flow velocity	VipIMAGE - VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing (Porto, Portugal)
2017/05/08	Spectrophotometric Characterization of Hemozoin as a Malaria Biomarker	Third International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics SPIE (Faro, Portugal)
2017/02/02	Seminar: "6 hour Workshop: Introduction to COMSOL Multiphysics"	COMSOL Workshop: Department of Industrial Electronics, University of Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2016/08	A numerical and experimental study of acoustic micromixing in 3D microchannels for lab-on-a-chip devices	2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) IEEE (Orlando, United States)
2016/02/24	Seminar: "Modeling and Simulation of acoustic transducers for lab-on-a-chip applications"	Science and technology brainstorming meetings, CMEMS, University of Minho Universidade do Minho, CMEMS (Braga, Portugal)
2015/10/26	Seminar: "An Overview of Modeling and Simulation for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications: Acoustic Transducers"	Seminar at University of Twente (Enschede, Netherlands)
2013/02/20	An overview of modeling and simulation for lab on a-chip applications	2013 IEEE 3rd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG) IEEE (Braga, Portugal)
2012/09/04	A numerical study on the heat transfer generated by a piezoelectric transducer in a microfluidic system	Eurotherm2012 - 6th European Thermal Sciences Conference (Poitiers, France)
2012/07/22	Experimental study of acoustic streaming phenomenon generated by piezoelectric transducers	15th International Conf. on Experimental Mechanics (Porto, Portugal)
2012/05/10	Seminar: "Acoustic thermoagitation for Lab-on-a-chip devices"	Seminar at the Bionanodevices for clinical diagnostics Course, M.Sc. in Biophysics and Bionanosystems, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2012/04/24	A comparison of acoustic streaming predictions by COMSOL Multiphysics and OpenFoam	ECCOMAS YIC2012 - Young Investigators Conference (Aveiro, Portugal)
2012/02/23	Modeling and Simulation of Acoustic Propagation for Mixing and Pumping Fluids in Lab-on-a-Chip Devices	2012 IEEE 2nd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG) IEEE (Coimbra, Portugal)
2011/08/22	Modeling and simulation of the mixing process of fluids in microchannels promoted by acoustic streaming	MNF2011 - 3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/10 - Current	Design and development of a lab-on-a-chip platform for microgravity simulation Supervisor of Dara Machado	Master in Physics Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho - Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/09 - Current	Numerical modelling and simulation of microgravity in a microfluidic device Supervisor of Ana do Carmo Eusébio	Master in Physics Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho - Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/09 - Current	Contact Resistance Stack Cleanroom Fabrication of IDTs for Acoustic Transducers Supervisor	Master in Physics Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho - Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/10 - Current	"Modeling and simulation of grating-based silicon photodiodes for optimal quantum efficiency", Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering (co-supervision of Graça Minas, CMEMS) Supervisor of André Alves	Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2023/10 - Current	"SAW-based acoustic transducer integrated in a microfluidic device for cells separation", PhD in Electronics and Computer Engineering, 2023.00374.BDANA (supervisor, co-supervision of Carlos Abreu, CMEMS-UMinho and Patrícia Sousa, INL). Supervisor of Débora Amorim	PhD in Electronics and Computer Engineering (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2023/01/01 - Current	Transducing system integrated into an organ-on-a-chip device for cancer nanotherapy monitoring, 2022.10519.BD (co-supervisor, supervision with Graça Minas, CMEMS-UMinho and Patrícia Sousa, INL) Co-supervisor of Gabriel M. Ferreira	Electronics and Computers Engineering (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2022/10 - Current	Mapping and modeling the transmission profile of mechanical waves in the brain to optimize transcranial stimulation against brain disorders, 2022.13882.BD (co-supervisor, supervision with Óscar Carvalho, CMEMS-UMinho and Nuno Sousa, ICVS-UMinho) Co-supervisor of Hélder Barbosa	Mechanical Engineering (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2022/10 - Current	Mapping and modeling the transmission profile of optical waves in the brain to optimize transcranial stimulation against brain disorders (supervisor, co-supervision of Óscar Carvalho, CMEMS-UMinho and Nuno Sousa, ICVS-UMinho), Supervisor of Filipa Fernandes	Mechanical Engineering (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2022 - Current	Design & Numerical Simulation of Multi-Functional Nature Inspired Anti-Slip Winter Shoe Sole (co-supervisor, supervision with Nuno Dourado and Ashis Tripathy) Co-supervisor of Shivam Sharma	Mechanical Engineering (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2021/02 - Current	Fabrication of a new in-vitro diagnostic device using label free FTIR spectroscopy to analyze human blood (co-supervisor, with Graça Minas, CMEMS-UMinho and Vitor Carvalho, IPCA) Co-supervisor of Ahmed Fadlelmoula	Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020/09 - Current	Multiplexer microfluidic system for mixing and transport of salivary samples (PT: Sistema microfluídico multiplexer para mistura e transporte de amostras salivares) Supervisor of Filipe Ferreira	Mestrado em Micro e Nanotecnologias (Master) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020/02/01 - Current	Hemozoin: dissection of its characteristics for non-invasive malaria diagnosis and its biological pathway towards personalized medicine, SFRH/BD/145427/2019 (main advisor, co-supervision of Isabel Veiga, ICVS-3B's UMinho and Pedro Gil, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden) Supervisor of Vitória da Cunha Baptista	Biomedical Engineering (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2018/09 - Current	CMOS acoustic sensor for blood flow velocity measurements Supervisor of Jorge Silva	Micro and Nano Technologies (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/04 - 2024/12	Margarida Ferreira, Fellow researcher UMINHO/BIM/2024/85 under the project ESCMID_CATARINO - Nanocarrier-based microfluidic strategies for characterization of Plasmodium falciparum-infected cells”, funded by ESCMID - European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Minho, Portugal, 01/04/2024 – 31/12/2024. Supervisor of Margarida Ferreira	Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/11/14	"Nanocarrier-based microfluidic system for characterization of malaria-infected cells", Master in Biomedical Engineering (co-supervision of Vera Faustino, CMEMS) Supervisor of Margarida Ferreira	Master in Biomedical Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2022/10 - 2024/07/10	"Modelação, simulação e caracterização de um sensor acústico para monitorização do crescimento de esferoides celulares" [EN: Modelling, simulation and characterization of an acoustic sensor for monitoring the growth of cellular spheroids] (main advisor, co-supervision of Vanessa Cardoso, CMEMS). Supervisor of Isabel Bezerra Silva	Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2024/07 - 2024/07	“Numerical simulation of capillarity in a microfluidic device”, Summer Scientific Internship, CMEMS, University of Minho (co-supervision of Diana Pinho) Supervisor of Leonor de Carvalho Caetano	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2024/07 - 2024/07	“Numerical simulation of microgravity effects in a microfluidic domain”, Summer Scientific Internship, CMEMS, University of Minho (co-supervision of Diana Pinho) Supervisor of João Luís Carneiro Fernandes	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/06	"Simulation of microsensors for temperature control of high velocity microflows" under Integrated Project course, Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering, University of Minho (co-supervision of Graça Minas and Gabriel Ferreira-CMEMS) Supervisor of João Pedro Faria	Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering (Other) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2018/10 - 2022/07/15	Optical detection system for malaria diagnostics (PT: Sistema de leitura ótica para diagnóstico de malária) Supervisor of Júlio Gonçalves	Integrated Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/06	"Design and development of a thermoacoustic actuation system based on piezoelectric materials", under Integrated Project course, Master in Industrial Electronics Engineering, University of Minho (co-supervision with Vanessa Cardoso-CMEMS), 2022. Co-supervisor of Isabel Silva and David Silva	Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering (Other) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/06	"Implementation of an image acquisition microsystem for identification of phytoplankton cells in microfluidic devices", under Integrated Project course, Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering, University of Minho (co-supervision with Vânia Pinto-CMEMS), 2022. Co-supervisor of João Ferreira and Alexandre Pinho	Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering (Other) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/06	"Implementation and characterization of an opto-acoustic system for integration in organ-on-chip devices", under Integrated Project course, Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering, University of Minho (co-supervision with Paulo Sousa-CMEMS), 2022. Co-supervisor of João Gonçalves	Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering (Other) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/06	"Design, simulation and characterization of a piezoelectric actuator for nanoparticles disaggregation", under Integrated Project course, Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering, University of Minho (co-supervision of Paulo Sousa-CMEMS), 2022. Supervisor of Maria Ferreira and Jorge Novais	Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering (Other) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2021/07/12 - 2022/04/30	Gabriel Ferreira, Fellow researcher UMINHO/BIM/2021/59 under the project MalariaChip - Innovative non-invasive opto-acoustic microdevice for malaria diagnosis, reference NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-028178, University of Minho, Portugal, 12/07/2021 - 30/04/2022. Supervisor of Gabriel Ferreira	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/02/28	"Using microfluidics to characterize malaria effects on the red blood cells deformability", Erasmus Traineeship Supervision, CMEMS, University of Minho, September 2021 - February 2022. Supervisor of Jana Kriebel (City University of Applied Sciences - Hochschule Bremen)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020/09 - 2022/02/22	Miniaturized system for detection of hemozoin by optical reflectance (PT: Sistema miniaturizado para deteção de hemozoína por refletância ótica) Supervisor of Duarte Lima	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e de Computadores (Master) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020/09 - 2022/02/22	Electronics for controlling piezoelectric actuators for integration in a multiplexer microfluidic system (PT: Eletrónica para controlo de atuadores piezoelétricos para incorporação num sistema microfluídico multiplexer) Supervisor of Carlos Martins	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e de Computadores (Master) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/02/08	CMOS chip for hemozoin detection by optical reflectance (PT: Chip CMOS para deteção de hemozoína por refletância ótica) Supervisor of Gabriel Ferreira	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Física (Master) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2021/05 - 2021/10	"Desenvolvimento e caracterização ótica de fantomas que mimetizem os tecidos humanos" (Development and optical characterization of phantoms mimicking human tissues), under Prémio UMinho de Iniciação na Investigação Científica, CMEMS, University of Minho, May - October 2021. Supervisor of João Emanuel Lavinas Gomes Lopes	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020/04/01 - 2021/03/31	Mariana Costa, Fellow researcher UMINHO/BI/2020/152 under the project MalariaChip - Innovative non-invasive opto-acoustic microdevice for malaria diagnosis, reference NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-028178, University of Minho, Portugal, 01/04/2020 - 31/03/2021 (with co-tutorship of Isabel Veiga, ICVS - UMinho). Supervisor of Mariana Silva dos Santos Costa	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020/02/01 - 2021/02/04	Thin film optical filters for implementation in a spectroscopy system aiming malaria diagnostics (PT: Filtros óticos baseados em filmes finos para implementação num sistema de espectroscopia para o diagnóstico de malária) Supervisor of Mariana Silva dos Santos Costa	Biomedical Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2019/09/02 - 2021/01/29	Modeling and simulation, in COMSOL Multiphysics, of a SAW based electronic nose for toxic gases detection (PT: Modelação e simulação, em COMSOL Multiphysics, de um nariz eletrónico baseado em ondas SAW para a deteção de gases tóxicos) (main advisor, co-supervision of Ana Cristina Veloso, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal) Supervisor of João Ribeiro	Master in Micro and Nanotechnologies (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/10	"Simulation study of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) by breathing, coughing and sneezing", under i9MASKS FCT Summer School, University of Minho. Supervisor of Filipe Ferreira	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/10	"Study of the development of PDMS microchannels for incorporation in masks", under i9MASKS FCT Summer School, University of Minho Supervisor of Renata de Oliveira Diehl	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/07	"Miniaturized system for hemozoin detection through optical reflectance", under Project II course, Integrated Master in Industrial Electronics Engineering, University of Minho, 2020. Supervisor of Carlos Martins and Duarte Lima	Engenharia Electrónica Industrial (Other) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/10 - 2020/06/01	Multiphysics Simulation of a novel Additive Manufacturing Process based on Resistance Welding, SFRH/BD/147198/2019 (co-supervisor, supervision of Óscar Carvalho, DEM UMinho and Michael Gasik, Aalto University, Finland) Co-supervisor of José Alexandre Silva	Mechanical Engineering (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2020/01/31	Vitória Baptista, Fellow researcher UMINHO/BI/108/2019 under the project MalariaChip - Innovative non-invasive opto-acoustic microdevice for malaria diagnosis, reference NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-028178, University of Minho, Portugal, 01/04/2019 - 31/01/2020 (co-tutorship with Isabel Veiga, ICVS - UMinho). Co-supervisor of Vitória da Cunha Baptista	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/10 - 2018/12/07	Study of blood cells flowing through microfluidic networks: a numerical and experimental approach Co-supervisor of Rodrigo Martinho	Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/12/03	Piezoelectric sensor for flow measurements Supervisor of Martinho Baena	Micro and Nano Technologies (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/11/29	Efeito da texturização superficial via laser no processo de lubrificação do segmento de motores de combustão interna [EN: "Effect of the laser surface texturing on the lubrication process of the internal combustion engine segment"] Co-supervisor of Pedro Carneiro	Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/11/26	Estudo de estruturas inteligentes contendo materiais piezoelétricos e magnetostrictivos [EN: "Study of smart structures with piezoelectric and magnetostrictive materials"] Co-supervisor of José Alexandre Silva	Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/06/01 - 2017/11/30	Paulo Félix, researcher under the project iProof - Device for automatic detection of malaria parasites, promoted by TecMinho (co-funded by Norte 2020 under UNorte Inova Project), University of Minho, 01/06/2017 - 30/11/2017. Supervisor of Paulo Jorge Félix Oliveira	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/07/10	Estudo de métodos de modificação de propriedades dos glóbulos vermelhos para mimetizar efeitos da malária [EN: "Study of methods for modifying the red blood cells properties to mimick malaria effects"] (co-supervisor, supervision of Carla Fernandes, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal) Co-supervisor of Liliana Vilas Boas	Biomedical Technology (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/02 - 2016/11/29	Study and Spectrophotometric Characterization of Malaria Biomarkers Supervisor of Ivo Silva	Micro and Nano Technologies (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/02 - 2016/11/25	Estudo da deformação de glóbulos vermelhos como biomarcador de malária [EN: "Study of red blood cells deformability as a malaria biomarker"] Supervisor of Daniela Paço	Micro and Nano Technologies (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2021/07/22 - Current	Coordinator of an Activity at the Laboratory research workshop "Engenharia ao serviço da biomedicina", at CMEMS-UMinho, under the "Verão no Campus" Summer program at University of Minho (22/07/2021). (2021/07/20 - 2021/07/23) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2021/05/10 - Current	Organizer of Workshop: Microsystems for diagnostics and theranostics & Chair of Thematic Session MalariaChip, Online, University of Minho, Portugal, 10 May 2021. (2021/05/10) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2024/12 - 2025/02/26	Co-Organizer of Symposium: Development and optimization of customized optomechanical stimulation therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases [includes 4 oral communications], accepted to the 6th International Brain Stimulation Conference 2025, Kobe, Japan, 23-26 February 2025. (2024 - 2025/02/26) Symposium (Co-organisor)
2021/02 - 2022/12	Guest Editor of Special Issue "Smart Microstructures and Materials for Sensors and Actuators Applications" at Sensors Journal (IF: 3.275). (2021/02) Other (Co-organisor)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2019/09 - 2021/06	Guest Editor of Special Issue "Micro/Nano Devices for Blood Analysis, Volume II" at Micromachines Journal, MDPI (IF: 2.426). (2019/11 - 2021/06) Other (Co-organisor)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2019/12/18 - 2019/12/20	Coordinator of the Laboratory research workshop "Lab-on-a-chip", at the Department of Industrial Electronics, under "the Best student" program at University of Minho (18/12/2019 - 20/12/2019) (2019/12/18 - 2019/12/20) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/10/16 - 2019/10/18	Chair and Organizer of Thematic Session “Advances and Imaging Challenges in Micro and Nanofluidics”, VipIMAGE 2019 - VII ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Oporto, Portugal, 16-18 October. (2019/10/16 - 2019/10/18) Conference (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018 - 2019/05	Guest Editor of Special Issue "Micro/Nano Devices for Blood Analysis" at Micromachines Journal, MDPI (IF: 2.222). (2018 - 2019/03) Other (Co-organisor)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2017/10/18 - 2017/10/20	Chair and Organizer of Thematic Session “Imaging of Flows in Lab-on-Chip Devices: trends and challenges”, VipIMAGE 2017 - VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Oporto, Portugal (2017/10/18 - 2017/10/20) Conference (Other)	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013/02/20 - 2013/02/22	Member of the Local Organization Committee of the IEEE 3rd Portuguese Bioengineering Meeting, University of Minho (2013/02/20 - 2013/02/22) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/10/01 - 2024/10/01	Attendance at Micro.Electronics, "II Congresso da Agenda Microeletrónica", Aveiro, Portugal (2024) Congress	Micro.Electronics, "II Congresso da Agenda Microeletrónica"

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/03/07	Piezoresistive pressure sensor based on low-temperature polysilicon (Thesis) Arguer	Álvaro Araújo (Master) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2024/01/30	Low-cost device for phytoplankton analysis towards the development of a lab-on-a-chip (Thesis) Main arguer	Denise Andreia Mota Carvalho (PhD) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2023/07/06	Evaluation of drug loaded magnetoliposomes as multifunctional platforms for advanced cell therapies (Thesis) Arguer	Beatriz Dias Cardoso (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/02/14	PhD Thesis Plan: "Organ-on-a-chip with integrated photoacoustic system: a preclinical platform for drug release monitoring" (Thesis) Main arguer	Inês Miranda (Other) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/01/18	Development of a phage-based lab-on-chip for the multiplex detection of bloodstream pathogens (Thesis) Arguer	Susana Patrícia Chaves Costa (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/10/04	"Heating microsystem integrated into an Organ-on-a-Chip" (Thesis) Main arguer	Filipe Azevedo (Master) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2022/02/11	PhD Thesis Plan: "Development and optimization of innovative nanoparticles and a preclinical organ-on-a-chip platform for nanomedicine" (Thesis) Arguer	Violeta Carvalho (Other) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/02/08	"PDMS properties and their characterization for fabrication of transparent masks" (Thesis) Main arguer	Inês Miranda (Master) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/01/19	"Development of integrated temperature and pressure sensors for textile applications" (Thesis) Arguer	Dimitri Santos (Master) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2021/12/10	"Desenvolvimento e otimização de dispositivos microfluídicos para separação de plasma sanguíneo e outros componentes biológicos" [en: Development and optimization of microfluidic devices for separation of blood plasma and other biological components] (Thesis) Arguer	Inês Castro (Master) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2021/10/22	"Desenvolvimento de um Sensor de Oxigénio Dissolvido para Meio Aquático" [EN: Development of a dissolved oxygen sensor for aquatic environment] (Thesis) Arguer	Camila Penso (Master) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2021/07/26	PhD Thesis Plan: "Development of an electromechanical stimuli system to regenerate knee cartilage" (Thesis) Arguer	Cátia Sofia Oliveira (Other) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2021/03/12	Microengineered Scaffolds for Three-Dimensional Cell Culture Applications (Thesis) Arguer	Beatriz Costa (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/02/04	Desenvolvimento de uma plataforma microfluídica para contagem de espécies de fitoplâncton tóxico [EN: Development of a microfluidic platform for counting of species of toxic phytoplankton] (Thesis) Main arguer	Ângela Meireles (Master) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2021/01/14	Microelectrodes for Biomedical Devices (Thesis) Arguer	Fábio João Oliveira Rodrigues (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2020/09/17	PhD Thesis Plan: "Multi-functional photic and mechanical synergistic-based device to restore the healthy mechanobiology in the Alzheimer's disease brain" (Thesis) Arguer	Francisca Monteiro (Other) Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2019/07/16	Life Bracelet - monitorização de sinais vitais em tempo real [EN: "Life Bracelet - real time monitoring of vital signals"] (Thesis) Arguer	Tiago Simões (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/02/07	Optimization and Fabrication of a Microfluidic System for Quantification of Seawater pH by Optical Detection (Thesis) Main arguer	Vitor Magalhães (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/01/09	Blood rheology and red blood cell migration in microchannel flow (Thesis) Main arguer	Diana Pinho (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/12/12	Measurement of red blood cells flowing through microchannels with complex geometries (Thesis) Main arguer	Sara Campos (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/11/14	Development of a Seawater pH Measurement System (Thesis) Main arguer	Catarina Araújo (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/06/15	Microssistema eletrónico para leitura, controlo e atuação de compostos bioquímicos num lab on a-chip [EN: "Electronic microsystem for readout, control and actuation of biochemical compounds in a lab-on-a-chip device"] (Thesis) Arguer	Ramiro Correia (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015/11/27	Embolias Gasosas em Microcanais e Técnica de Focagem de Fluxo na Produção de Micropartículas de PDMS [EN: "Gas embolisms in microchannels and flow focusing technique in the production of PDMS microparticles"] (Thesis) Main arguer	Susana Silva (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2015/11/27	Estudo do Comportamento Biomecânico de Aneurismas Cerebrais [EN: "Study of the biomechanical behavior of cerebral aneurysms"] (Thesis) Main arguer	Cátia Cardoso (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2015/06/18	Microfluidic based on aqueous twophase system for plasmidic DNA purification (Thesis) Main arguer	Silvina Samy (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/07 - Current	PLOS ONE (1932-6203)	Public Library of Science
2022/05 - Current	Energies (1996-1073)	MDPI
2021/09 - Current	Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (1520-8524)	ASA (Acoustical Society of America)
2021/02 - Current	IEEE Sensors (1558-1748)	IEEE
2021 - Current	Biosensors (2079-6374)	MDPI
2020/12 - Current	Chemosensors (2227-9040)	MDPI
2020/04 - Current	Microchemical Journal (0026-265X)	Elsevier
2019/03 - Current	Sensors (1424-8220)	MDPI
2019 - Current	Biomedical Microdevices (1572-8781)	Springer
2017 - Current	Applied Sciences (2076-3417)	MDPI
2016 - Current	Biomicrofluidics (1932-1058)	AIP
2015 - Current	Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (0925-4005)	Elsevier
2015 - Current	Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (1613-4982)	Springer
2014/10 - Current	Micromachines (2072-666X)	MDPI
2020/10 - 2020/10	Molecules (1420-3049)	MDPI
2018/09 - 2018/09	Microsystem Technologies (1432-1858)	Springer
2017/03 - 2017/05	Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (0927-7765)	Elsevier
2016/07 - 2016/07	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (1941-0158)	IEEE
2015/08 - 2015/08	Micro and Nanosystems (1876-4037)	Bentham Science
2014/11 - 2015/01	Advances in Research (2348-0394)	Advances in Research
2014/07 - 2014/09	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (1558-1713)	IEEE

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2015 - Current	Refood Braga 100%;	Volunteer
2023 - 2025	Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and IEEE Young Professionals	Member
2022/07 - 2024/12	European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)	Young Scientist Member
2016 - 2019	Flowing Matter - Cost Action MP1305	Member
2016 - 2018	IEEE and Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBC) Society	Member
2010 - 2018	Ágora Bracarense Youth Association	First Secretary of the Board and Volunteer

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2024/04 - Current	Member of the Topical Advisory Panel at Photonics journal (IF: 2.4) Member	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2024/05 - 2025/02	Guest Editor of the Special Issue: “Optical Sensors for Advanced Biomedical Applications” at Photonics Journal (IF: 2.4), with co-editor Graça Minas (UMinho) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/photonics/special_issues/D267QS78U5). Member	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2024/10 - 2025	Counselor on the Scientific Council of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (Conselho Científico da EEUM) [Representative Member of the Researchers] Member	Universidade do Minho - Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/08	Guest Editor of the Special Issue: "Next Generation Lab-on-a-Chip Devices" at Applied Sciences Journal (IF: 2.7), with co-editors Diana Pinho and Vera Faustino (UMinho) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/5WN624832B). Member	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2024/01 - 2024/07	Guest Editor of the Special Issue: "Lab-on-a-Chip Devices and Systems for Microgravity Simulation and Aerospace Applications" at Aerospace Journal (IF: 2.6), with co-editors Diana Pinho, Rui Lima and Graça Minas (UMinho) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/aerospace/special_issues/9EPP76EOYT). Member	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2023/02 - 2024	Member of the Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Evaluation Committee [National Fellowship Program - USA] Member	Graduate Women in Science, United States
2023/03 - 2023/12	Guest Editor in the special collection "Lab on Chip Technologies for Cell Separation and Analysis" (co-editors Siddhartha Tripathi, Antoni Homs-Corbera and Christabel Tan), at Frontiers in Lab on Chip Technologies (frontiersin.org/research-topics/54762/lab-on-chip-technologies-for-cell-separation-and-analysis). Member
2022/10 - 2023/09	Guest Editor in the special collection "Disease-on-a-chip: from point-of-care to personalized medicine" (co-editors Diana Pinho, Raquel O. Rodrigues, Andrea Cruz & Elisabete Fernandes), at Frontiers in Pharmacology journal (frontiersin.org/research-topics/48921/disease-on-a-chip-from-point-of-care-to-personalized-medicine) [6 papers published]. Member
2022/06/30 - 2023/02	Guest Editor in the special collection "Insights in Micro- and Nano-fluidics" (Chief Editor Prof Xiangchun Xuan, Clemson University, USA) at Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies Journal (frontiersin.org/research-topics/42191/insights-in-micro--and-nano-fluidics). Member
2021/10 - 2021/12	Member of the Electoral Commission for the CMEMS Elections, University of Minho. Member	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/02	Member of the CMEMS Consulting Committee for Researchers Evaluation (CMEMS, UMinho) [Member of the researchers’ consulting team, responsible for the discussion and suggestion of the researchers’ evaluation guidelines and definition of quantitative target evaluation parameters to be implemented under the Regulamento da Avaliação do Desempenho do Pessoal Investigador – RAPI-UMinho.] Member	Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2024/10/04 - Current	Member of the Scientific Committee of IWAM 2024 (International Workshop on Additive Manufacturing and Sustainability), Bragança, Portugal, 4 October 2024	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança - IPB
2023/06/22 - 2023/06/23	ENBENG'23 - IEEE 7th Portuguese Bioengineering Meeting	"Fundação de Serralves", Porto, Portugal
2022/11/30 - 2022/12/02	EAI MobiHealth 2022 - 11th EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare, Vila Real, Portugal	European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)
2019/10/16 - 2019/10/18	VipIMAGE 2019 - VII ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Oporto, Portugal	Universidade do Porto
2019/09/26 - 2019/09/28	MEDICON2019 (15th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing), Coimbra, Portugal	University of Coimbra & Portuguese Society of Biomedical Engineering
2019/02/22 - 2019/02/23	ENBENG'19, the IEEE 6rd Portuguese Bioengineering Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal.	ISEL
2017/10/18 - 2017/10/20	VipIMAGE 2017 - VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Oporto, Portugal	Universidade do Porto
2013/06 - 2015/03	ICBEB - International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (2013, 2014, 2015)	ICBEB, China (http://www.icbeb.org/)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/02 - 2024/08	Sensores e Atuadores (en: Sensors and Actuators); Semiannual course from the 1st year of the Master in Aerospace Engineering	Engenharia Aeroespacial (Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/02 - 2024/07	Sensores Integrados (EN: Integrated Sensors), Semiannual course from the 3rd year of the Bachelor in Physics Engineering	Physics Engineering (Bacharelato)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/02	Microssensores e Microactuadores (en: Microsensors and Microactuators); Semiannual course from the 1st year of the Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering	Mestrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/02	Microssensores e Microactuadores (en: Microsensors and Microactuators); Semiannual course from the 1st year of the Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering	Mestrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/02	Modelação e simulação de sistemas em micro e nanotecnologias (en: Modeling and simulation of systems in micro and nanotechnologies); Semiannual course from the 1sth year of the Master in Micro and Nanotechnologies	Mestrado em Micro/Nano Tecnologias (Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/10	Lecturer at Seminar: Numerical Simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics [i9MASKS Summer School: "Desenvolvimento de máscaras inovadoras em PDMS para a proteção à COVID-19 com o recurso a tecnologias de última geração"], special support "Verão com Ciência", funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), in cooperation with Direção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES), University of Minho.	i9MASKS Summer School (Outros)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/02 - 2020/07	Microssensores e Microactuadores (en: Microsensors and Microactuators); Semiannual course from the 4th year of the Integrated Master in Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/09 - 2020/02	Modelação e simulação de sistemas em micro e nanotecnologias (en: Modeling and simulation of systems in micro and nanotechnologies); Semiannual course from the 1sth year of the Master in Micro and Nanotechnologies	Micro e Nanotecnologias (Mestrado)	Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2017/09 - 2019/08	Eletrónica (en: Electronics); Semiannual course from the 2nd year of the Integrated Master in Biomedical Engineering	Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/02 - 2019/08	Complementos de Eletrónica (en: Complements of Electronics and Digital Systems); Semiannual course from the 2nd year of the Integrated Master in Biomedical Engineering and Integrated Master in Physics Engineering	Engenharia Biomédica; Engenharia Física (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2021/12 - Current	Project Call Evaluator for the National Science Center, Poland (Funding scheme: SONATA BIS-11) (2021/2022) Evaluator	Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland	Narodowe Centrum Nauki
2021/03 - Current	Project Call Evaluator for Slovak Research and Development Agency - APVV (2021/2024) Evaluator	Agentúra na podporu výskumu a vývoja Slovenskej republiky, Slovakia	Agentúra na podporu výskumu a vývoja Slovenskej republiky
2024/10 - 2025/01	European Comission - Expert for Horizon Europe MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions [HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01 Call] Evaluator
2021/02 - 2021/05	Reviewer of Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Fellowship Proposals, 2021 (www.gwis.org)	Graduate Women in Science, United States
2019/10 - 2019/10	Projects Evaluation: Eurostars Cut-off 12 [Eureka] Evaluator	Eurostars, Belgium	Horizon 2020
2019/04 - 2019/04	Projects Evaluation: Eurostars Cut-off 11 [Eureka] Evaluator	Eurostars, Belgium	Horizon 2020
2018/10 - 2018/10	Projects Evaluation: Eurostars Cut-off 10 [Eureka] Evaluator	Eurostars, Belgium	Horizon 2020
2018/06/17 - 2018/06/21	Reviewing Committee of ECOS 2018 - the 31st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Guimarães, Portugal, 17-21 June 2018. Evaluator	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2021/09/23 - 2021/09/23	UMINHO I&D, Rádio Universitária do Minho - RUM (Portuguese Radio), Portugal, 23 September 2021 (recorded on 16 September 2021), available at: https://rum.pt/shows/uminho-id
2020/09/29 - 2020/09/29	EP. 928 Susana Catarino, 90 Segundos de Ciência, Antena 1 (Portuguese Radio), Portugal, 29 September 2020, available at: https://www.90segundosdeciencia.pt/episodes/ep-928-susana-catarino/

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022/04 - Current	Review Editor in Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies, Micro- and Nano-fluidics section	Frontiers

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023	Reviewer of the 1st Indian Conference on Micro Nano Fluidics (ICOM 2023), IIT Madras, India, 29 September - 1 October 2023.	Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Distinctions

Award

2024	Distinction: diploma of pedagogical merit, referring to the academic year 2022/2023, from the School of Engineering of University of Minho (awarded 4 October 2024) Universidade do Minho - Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023	Distinction: diploma of pedagogical merit, referring to the academic year 2021/2022, from the School of Engineering of University of Minho (awarded 4 October 2023) Universidade do Minho - Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2020	Winner of the Public Award of Angelini University Award! 2019/2020, "Menos dor, mais vida", with Project "EPISKEY - A chave para uma vida melhor" Angelini Pharma Inc, United States

Other distinction

2024	Scientific Performance Evaluation 2022-2023, with an “Excellent” final classification of 5.0/5.0 [Regulamento de Avaliação do Desempenho do Pessoal Investigador da Escola de Engenharia (RAPI-EE), University of Minho] Universidade do Minho - Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2021	Innovation support program (Lote 1), EIT Health Porto, with OptoMalaria project [6 month PAI support]
2020	Finalist of Angelini University Award! 2019/2020, "Menos dor, mais vida", with Project "EPISKEY - A chave para uma vida melhor" Angelini Pharma Inc, United States
2019	INTERREG España - Portugal - ESPACIO T3: Transferência Tecnológica Transfronteiriça (EN: Transboundary Technology Transfer), Awarded with the development of a Technology Transfer mechanism. TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2017	iProof20 20.000Euro Award - Funding of proof-of-concept projects (University of Minho), with project "Device for automatic detection of malaria parasites".
2017	Highly cited paper, Top 1%, Journal of Biomechanics, Scopus Metrics. Elsevier BV, Netherlands