Rodrigo Martins is Full Professor of Faculty of Sciences and Technology of New University of Lisbon (FCT-NOVA), Portugal and the running President of the European Academy of Sciences as well as the nominated President of the International Union of Materials Research Societies for the period 2021-2023.

He is member of several boards and associations (Portuguese Academy of Engineering, Portuguese Order of Engineers, EIT KIC Raw Materials).

He founded and is the director of the Centre of Excellence in Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Processes of Uninova, being also the leader of the Materials, Optoelectronics and Nanotechnologies group of I3N/CENIMAT.

He is expert in the field of advanced functional materials, nanotechnologies, microelectronics, transparent electronics and paper electronics, with more than 570 papers published in WoK and has editorial and reviewing activity in many Q1 journals.

Rodrigo Martins has been involved in the pioneer European research on amorphous silicon semiconductors and is a pioneer - together with his group - in worldwide activity related to passive and active oxides, the so called transparent electronics and he is one of the inventors of the so-called paper electronics, where paper is exploited not only as a substrate but also as a functional component in active devices.

He got more than 17 international and national prizes and distinctions for his work (e.g.: gold medal of merit and distinction by the Almada Municipality, 2016; Lisbon Energy Live Expo, Innovation prize, 2012 (Solar tiles); European Patent Office Innovation nomination 2016 (paper electronics); Exame Informática Innovation prize 2016 (paper solar cells).

Silvia Garcia, is Head of the Innovation Lab at INCM (Portuguese Mint and Official Printing Office). 

She holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology with a post graduate degree in industrial management and a degree in chemical engineering from FCT-NOVA.

She has more than 10 years of experience in industry, regarding her experience in coordination and execution of R&DI and engineering projects. In the last years she has been working on the innovation field, focused in developing ideas and its implementation through multidisciplinary R&DI projects (national and international) in order to promote new technological areas.

During its activity she has been supervising PhD students and master's degree, as company adviser, and reviewing scientific articles for peer reviewed journals.

Carlos has an Executive MBA from AESE Business School, a post graduate degree in information systems and a degree in management and public administration from the University of Lisbon.

Since 2016 he assumed the role of head of new product development at INCM  (Portuguese Mint and Official Printing Office), one of Almascience’s main associates,  focusing on security printing and digital security solutions areas and on global product portfolio management.

With the launch Almascience, he assumed the role of CEO focusing on the set-up of this ambitious institution and on guaranteeing the onboarding of new industrial profile associates with relevant R&D challenges in line with Almascience’s R&D program and business development roadmap.

Previously, accumulated more than 10 years of experience in IT management and IT governance in the public sector, namely in the implementation and dissemination of IT shared services, which he helped transform into a bottom line contributing business area.

Prof. Luis Pereira was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1977. He received the Engineering degree in Materials Science in 2001 and has finished the PhD in Microelectronics and Optoelectronics in 2008 at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The PhD work was focused on polycrystalline silicon and high k dielectrics for TFT’s application.

The pos-doc activities were focused on the development of printed inorganic nanostructured materials for chromogenic, electronic and electrochemical devices on paper and plastic substrates. He was involved in the team that demonstrated for the first-time transistors made of oxides with paper acting as gate dielectric. He has authored and co-authored more than 180 publications in peer-reviewed journals and proceedings of the ISI with more than 10000 citations.

He was Professor at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT/UNL) from 2012 to 2020 where he has coordinated and participated in several R&D projects under different funding schemes, including industry direct funding ones. He has been granted in 2015 with a Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) on the development of cellulose nanocomposites for paper electronics (New-Fun, project 640598). Recent research interests were on the design and synthesis of 1D, 2D and 3D inorganic and hybrid nanostructures, chiral cellulose nanocomposites, functional micro and nanofibers and its integration on chromogenic, electronic and electrochemical devices.

Nowadays he is member of the board of Portuguese Professional Engineer Association – South Region, Vice-president of the TCM-Net (Transparent Conductive Materials Network), and member of the board of the Portuguese Materials Society (SPM), invited Associate Professor at FCT/UNL, and associate researcher at CENIMAT/I3N.

Soraia Ismael is since July 2021 Financial and Administrative Technician at ALMASCIENCE. She was born in Mozambique and lives in Lisbon since her 10 years old. She has a master in Auditing (2012) and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Administration (2010), both acquired at ISCAL and she has more than 20 years working experience in administrative and financial departments for public and private sector. Her main personal interests are related with books and travels.
 

Marta Lopes is a Senior Researcher at AlmaScience on paper manufacturing. She has a PhD in Chemistry, in the field of structural characterization of lignocellulosic materials.

Later, she worked as a Post-Doc Research Fellow at the University of Aveiro in solid state NMR characterization of zeolites. In late 2001, she joined Celbi Pulp Mill, former StoraEnso unit and later Altri unit, where she developed applied research related with kraft pulping, pulp bleaching and papermaking properties.

Between 2017 and 2019, she worked as R&D Project Manager at RISE INNVENTIA (Sweden) in process simulation and techno-economic evaluation of new value chains integrated with pulp mills, such as production of regenerated cellulose fibers for textiles, cellulose nanofibrils for paper and lignin-based biofuels.

Her current interests are paper engineering and cellulose functionalization for sustainable applications in paper electronics, biosensors and energy harvesters.

Diana Gaspar is a Senior Researcher at AlmaScience on paper electronics. 

She has a PhD on Advanced Materials and Processing ; whose topic was cellulose-based substrates for applications in electronic devices.

Moreover, she was a researcher in the CENIMAT/i3N (FCT-NOVA) and CEMOP (since 2009), with particular focus on materials development and paper electronics, being involved in activities related to the production of paper transistors and electronic circuitry on paper.

Her current interests are on oxide-based thin films (ZnO-based, In-based and In-free), paper and flexible electronics and solid-state electrolytes and their integration in devices.

Sumita Goswami is a Senior Researcher at AlmaScience with the principal responsibility of developing building blocks for cellulose based smart electronics. 

She is a materials researcher with more than 10 years of admirable research experience. She did her Ph.D.(2014) from Jadavpur University (India) in the field of Materials Science and Nanotechnology.

During her research career (including Post-Doc in CENIMAT|i3N group of Portugal), she has published in several high-impact peer-reviewed journals and proceedings of the ISI and worked for several international and national projects. 

She has competences on: Development, processing and functionalization of polymer materials and its hybrids/composites (nanostructures or thin films) on any kind of substrates using solution based cost-effective methods; Designing polymeric materials for multifunctional applications like energy harvester, sensors, data storage, supercapacitor, TFT, electrorheology; Developing and designing devices/prototypes for Wearables and Paper based electronics while projecting sustainable green technology and Zero E-Waste Challenge; Characterizing and analysing relevant process data and identifying scientific/technological solutions to process problems.

Bruno Ravanello is from Santa Maria, Brazil, where he got his bachelor degree in Industrial Chemistry and his master's degree in Organic Chemistry. In 2014 he moved to Germany and obtained his PhD in Natural Sciences from Martin-Luther University in cooperation with the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, working with the functionalization of carbon nanomaterials such as fullerenes and carbon nanotubes. From 2019 to 2021, Bruno worked as a researcher in the pulp and paper industry on the topics of biorefinery, chemical modifications of forest-based materials and developing new applications for bio-based products.

Felisberto Pereira is a Senior Researcher on Electronics and Telecommunications at AlmaScience. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Aveiro and a Master in Management from Católica Porto Business School. Felisberto started is profissional carrear at Lapa Studio as hardware developer, and then worked as a researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações developing systems in passive, semi-passive and active technologies for IoT applications. Nowadays, his main research is focused on solving the energy and communications challenges faced by IoT devices that are preventing this technology from being widely deployed and more sustainable.

Andreia dos Santos is a Junior Researcher at AlmaScience focused in Sensor Development.

She is a biomedical engineer and is finishing her PhD from the MIT-Portugal Doctoral Program. She developed skills related to the production (micro-structuration based in laser engraving, synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles, and thin films production through spin-coating, spray coating, and electron-beam evaporation), and morphological (scanning electron microscopy, profilometry, and contact angle measurement) and electrical characterization of pressure sensors, temperature sensors, and energy harvesters.

Mariana Matias is a Junior Researcher at AlmaScience in printed electronics . She was born in Covilhã and obtained her Master's degree in Micro and Nanotechnologies Engineering at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (FCT/UNL), Portugal in 2019.

She worked as a researcher at CENIMAT. She has experience in the production of nanoparticles with solvothermal synthesis assisted by microwave and in the development of inks with nanoparticles for printing by different methods on paper substrate.

She is from Pinhal Novo (Setúbal) has a MsC in Biochemistry from University of Évora. During her BsC she had the opportunity to work with edible films, and at her Msc she embraced the electrochemistry field with an innovative theme whose objective was to find toxic components in tattoo ink through electrochemical methods. She also had the opportunity to work with this theme for two more years, exploring the use of new electrodes and new techniques.

Rita Baptista is a Junior Researcher at AlmaScience in the fields of Chemistry and Biochemistry. She obtained her Master's degree in Biochemistry at NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT NOVA). Her research interests are centered in the synthesis and characterisation of nanoparticles and polymers, and the use of biomolecules for sensing and energy harvesting applications.

Alexandra Lopes is a Junior Researcher at AlmaScience in Electronics and Embedded Systems. She completed her master’s degree in biomedical engineering at NOVA School of Science and Technology, where she developed her thesis in Bio-Radar Applications for Remote Vital Signs Monitoring by the year 2020. She describes her journey as a combination of theoretical and practical experience in multiple areas from physics, instrumentation, bio-signals processing, and others related with the medicine area.
She enjoys meeting the balance between academic research and its application on the business side. During her 5-years course journey, she could develop external projects integrated into real-world problems where she co-founded one of the most promising Portuguese start-ups focused on cough monitoring tools. There, she developed a lot of entrepreneurship and R&D competences from day zero to the integration of a complete medical device on the market. Moreover, consciously about Biomedical Engineering importance in clinical practice, Alexandra joined several projects for promoting this recent and futuristic field in Portugal. She co-founded and actively participated in large national communities such as the National Biomedical Engineering Student Association, Tec2Med Conference, and others where she could maintain direct contact with the authors of the greatest biomedical research trends and tech topics of the last years.