Ana Paula Rosifini Alves, BE, MSc, PhD, has been a Full Professor in the Biomaterials field at UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho), School of Engineering, Guaratinguetá Campus since 2016, and she was an Adjunct Professor between 2004 and 2016 in the same institution. In 2017, she assumed the coordination of the Graduate Course in Mechanical Engineering, UNESP (Guaratinguetá Campus), and was Head of the Department of Materials and Technology (2010-2014) in the same institution. Since 2019, she has been the Associate Vice President for researcher positions in the rectory. She was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Mines, Metallurgy, and Materials (January 2015 to January 2018). She is also a Visiting Professor at VIT University, Vellore, India, in the area of biomaterials. In addition, she is the Vice-President of SLABO (American Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs). For the last 20 years, she has been working on the development of new materials for biomedical applications and new processing techniques and surface treatments with the collaboration of researchers from Brazil and abroad.