Maria Pereira, Head of Research at Gecko Biomedical, is responsible for the adhesive products pipeline and for the translation of core technologies from academic to industrial settings. For her PhD in Bioengineering Systems, Maria focused on the development of biomaterial-based solutions for unmet medical needs in the fields of tissue adhesion and drug delivery. Maria managed several multi-center collaborations leading to multiple high impact publications in journals such as Science Translational Medicine and Advanced Materials. In 2014, she was named one of MIT Technology Review Magazine’s Innovators Under 35 Award and in 2015, she was recognized by Forbes Magazine as part of the 30 under 30 list in Healthcare.
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