Drug Delivery Systems for Wound Healing

Pedro Fonte is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal. He is also an Integrated Member of Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR), University of Algarve and Collaborative Researcher of iBB, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal and LAQV, REQUIMTE, Department of Chemical Sciences - Applied Chemistry Lab of Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal. He graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010 and obtained his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences – Nanotechnologies specialty from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2016. He also obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Faculty of Economics and Business Management, Lusíada University, in 2012. PhD in Chemistry - Catalysis and Sustainability MSc in Pharmaceutial Sciences

1. Current therapeutics to promote wound healing 2. Biomaterials for wound healing applications 3. Polymeric drug delivery systems for wound healing 4. Lipid-based drug delivery systems for wound healing 5. Metallic nanoparticles for wound healing 6. Delivery of growth factors for wound healing 7. Targeted drug delivery for wound healing 8. Perinatal derivatives for wound healing applications 9. Delivery of therapeutic proteins for wound healing 10. Bacterial cellulose-based materials for wound healing 11. Delivery of non-coding RNA in wound healing 12. Photodynamic therapy on wound healing 13. In vitro models for evaluation of drug delivery systems efficacy in wound healing 14. In vivo models for evaluation of drug delivery systems efficacy in wound healing