João Paulo Miranda Ribeiro Borges

João Paulo Miranda Ribeiro Borges is a Full Professor at the Materials Science Department (DCM) of Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT NOVA). He has held leadership roles including Head of the DCM since November 2019 and Vice-Director of the Materials Research Centre/Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodeling and Nanofabrication (CENIMAT/I3N). He also coordinates the Soft and Biofunctional Materials Group and the Biomaterials Research Line at CENIMAT/I3N.

• Bachelor's degree in Physical and Materials Engineering – Materials Branch (1992, FCT/UNL)
• Master's degree in Materials Engineering (1996, FCT/UNL)
• PhD in Materials Science, specialty in Macromolecular Materials (March 2004)

His research focuses on biopolymers and biocomposites, polymeric liquid crystals (and their biomedical applications), development of biomaterials for Tissue Engineering using polysaccharides like Chitin/Chitosan and Cellulose, magnetic nanoparticles for cancer theranostics and hyperthermia, and electrospinning techniques. He has contributed to interdisciplinary projects bridging Materials Science with biomedical applications.

He served as Coordinator of the MSc in Materials Engineering from 2010 to 2019 and is actively involved in academic publishing as Editor of multiple journals, including the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Biomaterials Science (Associate Editor).