Biography

Ricardo Correia holds a PhD (2022) in Bioengineering (MIT-Portugal - Bioengineering Systems) from ITQB-NOVA, Portugal. He graduated in Biological Engineering (2014) at IST-UL, Lisbon, and has over 7 years of experience in vaccine development. He is currently a Researcher at iBET, Portugal, and his research focuses on exploring evolutionary engineering and process intensification approaches (perfusion and continuous) at bioreactor scale to improve production of vaccine candidates using insect cells, including against malaria and influenza.