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About

Bioengineering Systems | IST Faculty

Instituto Superior Técnico was established with the objective of providing the country with Engineers with know-how and the necessary skills to succeed in their professional lives, while simultaneously contributing to the economic development of the country. IST offers 21 undergraduate programmes, attended by over 8900 students, covering a wide range of areas of knowledge, which, include not only the traditional engineering specializations but also other more modern areas such as Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Physics Engineering.

Ana Teresa Freitas

Informatics Engineering

atf@inesc.pt

Research Area(s): Bioinformatics


Ângela Taipa

Chemical and Biological Engineering

angela.taipa@.ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Biomolecular Engineering


Arlindo Oliveira

Informatics Engineering

aml@inesc-id.pt

Research Area(s): Bioinformatics


Arsénio Fialho

Chemical and Biological Engineering

afialho@ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Molecular Biology, Comparative Genomics


Cláudia Lobato da Silva

Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering

claudia_lobato@.ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Stem Cell Bioengineering


Domingos Henrique

Institute of Molecular Medicine

henrique@fm.ul.pt

Research Area(s): Stem Cell Biology,Development Biology


Duarte Miguel Prazeres

Chemical and Biological Engineering

miguelprazeres@ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Nucleic Acid Engineering, Nanobiotechnology


Gabriel Monteiro

Chemical and Biological Engineering

gabmonteiro@.ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Nucleic Acid Engineering, Protein Secretion


Guilherme Matos Ferreira

Chemical and Biological Engineering

gferrei@ualg.pt

Research Area(s): Nanobiotechnology, Bioseparations


Isabel Sá Correia

Chemical and Biological Engineering

isacorreia@ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Molecular Microbiology, Functional Genoimics


João Miranda Lemos

Electrical Engineering and Computers

jlml@inesc.pt

Research Area(s): Systems Control


João Pedro Conde

Chemical and Biological Engineering

joao.conde@ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Nanobiotechnology


Joaquim Sampaio Cabral

Chemical and Biological Engineering

joaquim.cabral@ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Bioprocess Engineering; Stem Cell Bioengineering


Jorge Martins

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Eng.

jorgemartins@ist.utl.pt


Luís Fonseca

Chemical and Biological Engineering

lfonseca@alfa.ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Bioprocess Engineering; Biocatalysis, Biosensors


Manuela Fonseca

Chemical and Biological Engineering

manuela.fonseca@ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Biological Reactors


Miguel Tavares da Silva

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Eng.

miguelsilva@ist.utl.pt

Research areas: Biomechanics of Movement, Biomechatronics, Multibody Dynamics, Orthotics Design.


Miguel Teixeira

Chemical and Biological Engineering

mnpct@ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Transcriptomics and transcriptional regulatory networks


Patrícia Almeida Carvalho

Materials Science Engineering

pac@ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Nanostructured materials, biomaterials


Paulo Freitas

Physics

pfreitas@inesc-mn.pt

Research Area(s): Nanotechnology, bioelectronics, biosensors


Pedro Fernandes

Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering

pedro.fernandes@.ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Biocatalysis and Biotransformations


Pedro Santos

Chemical and Biological Engineering

pedrosantos@ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Proteiomics


Raquel Aires Barros

Chemical and Biological Engineering

rabarros@ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Bioprocess Engineering


Rui Baptista

Industrial Management and Engineering

rui.baptista@ist.utl.pt

Research Area(s): Entrepreneurship, Innovation. Technology transfer

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