Amedea B Seabra is an associate professor at UFABC. She graduated in chemistry from the University of São Paulo (USP) (1998), master's in chemistry from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) (2001), and PhD in sciences (chemistry) from UNICAMP (2006). She completed two internships abroad during her doctorate, both at the School of Medicine in 2003 at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and in 2005 at Semmeweils University, Budapest, Hungary. She completed her postdoctoral studies at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada (2008–2010). She is currently associate professor III at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) and accredited in the Postgraduate Programs of UFABC. She has experience in filing patent applications in Brazil and abroad, university-to-business technology transfer, and cooperation with international universities. She has been awarded by the European Society for Biomaterials; winner of the Inventors Award from the Unicamp Technological Innovation Agency in the Granted Patent category 2014, 2016, and 2018; winner of the Newton Advanced Fellowship from the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2015; and winner of the Mercosur Science and Technology Award in the senior researcher category from the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications.