J. Miguel Oliveira, BSc, Ph.D. (Portuguese, M, 42 years old) is a principal Investigator “Investigador FCT 2012 and Investigador FCT 2015” at the PT Government Associate Laboratory ICVS/3B’s (http://www.3bs.uminho.pt/users/migueloliveira). He is the vice president of I3Bs - Institute 3B's (Univ. Minho) and Director of pre-clinical research at the FIFA MEDICAL CENTER, Estádio do Dragão, Porto, PT since Feb. 2013. Currently, he is a Lecturer in a doctoral program in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cells (TERM&SC) at UMinho, PT (since Dec. 2013). He was also an invited lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, U. Porto (2013-2019) and Dept. of Polymer Eng., UM, PT (2009-present). Over the years, he has focused his work on the field of biomaterials for tissue engineering, nanomedicine, stem cells, and cell/drug delivery. More recently, he set up a new research line within the ICVS/3B’s on 3D in vitro models for cancer research. As a result of his proficiency, he has published more than 340 scientific contributions in scientific journals so far with the referee, with 4 of those review papers produced under invitation. Miguel Oliveira has approved more than 20 patents (filled and submitted), published 6 books (plus 2 in preparation), 2 special issues in scientific journals, and more than 90 book chapters in books in international circulation.