Dr. Abel Oliva

Abel Martin Gonzalez Oliva studied Agronomy in Universidad de Buenos Aires/Argentine and moved to Germany where he completed an MSc (1986) and a Doktor (PhD) in Agrartechnik (agricultural technology) in 1989 at the Universität Hohenheim. He moved to Portugal in 1989 and joined the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica/ Universidade Nova de Lisboa, initiating his activity as a researcher in the field of biosensor development. Since 2005, he has led the Biomolecular Diagnostic Laboratory. Today Abel Oliva has extensive expertise in the research areas of reconstructed human skin, namely in vitro 3D human skin and melanoma models. The group developed a skin-on-a-chip setup (epidermis and dermis) for long-term in vitro assays. During recent years, he has been developing non-animal models for physiological assays, permeation and drug delivery tests. He has long experience with the development of biosensors for diagnosis and monitoring; fabrication of microdevices; design of microfluidic chips for cell sorting and cell characterization and the design and construction of organ-on-a-chip approaches (skin and vascular tissue). Abel Oliva has an h-Index of 17 and has published 50 papers in peer review journals and 4 book chapters. He has supervised several PhD students, MSc students and manages the research training of national and foreign visiting students.