Andreia Ribeiro, PhD

BS/MS, Chemical Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal (2006)
PhD, Chemical Engineering, UMBC (2011)

• Society for Biomaterials STAR Award [news release]
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 2010
• Wyeth Fellow 2008-2010
• Presentation at Gordon Research Conference: Signal Transduction by Engineered Extracellular Matrices selected for a Rapid-Fire Oral Presentation, July 2008

Neuronal Response to 3D Microenvironments

Ribeiro A, S Vargo, E Powell, JB Leach. (2012) Substrate Three-Dimensionality Induces Elemental Morphological Transformation of Sensory Neurons on a Physiologic Timescale. Tissue Engineering. 18:93-102. [PMID: 21910606]

Reeves R, A Ribeiro, Lombardo L, R Boyer, JB Leach. (2010) Synthesis and enzymatic degradation of carboxymethylcellulose-methacrylate hydrogel cell scaffolds. Polymers MDPI 2(3): 252-264 [link].

Gomes HT, BF Machado, A Ribeiro, I Moreira, M Rosário, AMT Silva, JL Figueiredo, JL Faria. (2008) Catalytic properties of carbon materials for wet oxidation of aniline. J Hazard Mater, 159:420-426.