Dr. Alexandre Barros. PhD Tisue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells in May 2017, University of Minho, Portugal, in collaboration with the Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America; MSc in Technology and Properties of Polymers (2013), at the University of Minho, Portugal and BSc in. Biotecnology (2010) at the Polytechnic institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. During his Ph.D., Alexandre was granted with a Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia individual fellowship, a Urology Research Grant Jaba Recordati 2015 (APU), a Luso-American Foundation's Grant for Internships in the University of California and has received the major innovation award in Portugal the Novo Banco Innovation Award. As post-doctoral researcher continued to develop the work performed in the Ph.D. thesis about "Biodegradable ureteral stents systems" at I3Bs, 3B's Research Group, University of Minho, Portugal. The research developed during the Ph.D. and post-doctoral period originate a spin-off company calls HydrUStent, that are pursuing the clinical trials now. Since April of 2018, Alexandre Barros is IP & Innovation Manager at I3Bs, 3B's Research Group, University of Minho, Portugal with an IP portfolio with more than 120 international patents.. He is currently supervisor of 3 Medical Ph.D. student. He has published 20 peer-reviewed articles, 35 communications in international conferences, receiving three times the award of Best Oral Presentation, 2 book chapter and is co-inventor of 10 international patent. He has google scholar h-index of 10 and received over 382 citations.
