Luísa Fialho received her M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from the NOVA School of Science and Technology (2015) and her Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the University of Minho (2021). During her Ph.D., she was a visiting researcher at BoneLab, at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto (FMDUP), and at the Department of Advanced Electron Microscopy at International Nanotechnological Iberian Laboratorial (INL). She was a researcher at the Centre of Physics from the Universities of Minho and Porto (CFUM-UP) within the scope of the Healthydent project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030708). After that period,  she was a Postdoc researcher at the Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes (CEMMPRE) at the University of Coimbra.  Currently, she is a Postdoc researcher at the BioEngineered Surfaces group at i3S –Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto.

Luísa's main area of scientific activity is the development of multifunctional micro/nano-structured biomaterials produced by physical vapor deposition methods (DC magnetron sputtering) and electrochemical processes (anodization and plasma electrolytic oxidation). Her research interests include surface modification and advanced materials characterization. Luísa's well-received and recognized research practices translate into 7 peer-reviewed papers, and an h-index of 6 (Scopus). Her work has been disseminated through 10 national and international meetings, including 8 oral and 2 poster communications. She has co-supervised/mentoring of 1 BSc student, and 5 MSc students.

Luísa's research is majorly focused on innovative biomaterials for medical devices and tissue engineering scaffolds, with a special focus on bone healing and infection prevention. Finding adequate solutions to promote the well-being of all is her main motivation.