Manuela E. Gomes is since May 2024 a Full Professor of Bioengineering at the School of Medicine and Instit Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS) of the University of Porto and Leader of the Research Group on Regenerative Medicine and 3D Tissue Modelling at the Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB-ICBAS). Her education started at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) with a degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, and was continued at the University of Minho (MSc in Polymer Eng in collaboration with the company Isotis in The Netherlands and a PhD in Tissue Engineering in collaboration with Rice University, USA). She was a founder member of the 3B’s Research Group of the University of Minho and she was the first President of the I3Bs Research Institute, funded in 2018.

Manuela Gomes is Fellow of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (FTERM, class 2021). As of June 2024 she is Chair of the European Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS-EU); She is also the Ambassaro in Portugal to the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS).

Her research interests currently focus on tissue engineering strategies for regeneration and modelling, namely in the development of scaffold materials and bioinks based on biodegradable natural origin polymers, stem cells sourcing and differentiation (using biochemical and physical methods, particularly magnetic stimulus). Manuela Gomes has been involved in several European and national/regional projects as PI or team member; She currently coordinates a Consolidator Grant (CoG)  - MagTendon and a COST Action - TENET. 

Manuela Gomes has lectured several courses n Biomedical Engineering, namely Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells and Biocompatibility Laboratories. Additionally, she is was one of the main responsible for the creation of the  Doctoral Program in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells at the University of Minho . She was also co-coordinator of the Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology module of the Doctoral Program in Bioengineering of MIT-Portugal and she has been invited for lecturing at various Post Graduaitons programs and advanced courses in other National and International Universities