Ana Leite Oliveira is the head of the Biomaterials and Biomedical Technology Laboratory at CBQF and Director of the Master in Biomedical Engineering at Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She holds a PhD from the University of Minho in 2008, collaborating with Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson), USA, and CSIC, Madrid, followed by a Post-Doc partnering with Tufts University, Boston, USA. Her research is focused on biomaterials and biopolymer engineering, exploring properties and performance while ensuring safety, to create functional biomaterials and advanced therapies in particular for wound healing and regeneration.