Luis Braz

Biography:

Luis Braz is an assistant teacher at Universidade do Algarve since 2007, and was previously a Pharmacy Technician (2000 – 2007) at Hospital de Santa Luzia – Viana do Castelo. At Universidade do Algarve he belongs to the Pharmacy degree course committee since 2010 and has supervised 3 MSc theses of Pharmaceutical Sciences students. He finished is BSc in Pharmacy in 2001 and the MSc in Chemistry in 2006. He recently concluded the PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences – Pharmaceutical Technology specialty at Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto (2016). As a researcher, Luis Braz was part of GISOCB – Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (02/2003 – 03/2006) and CIQA – Universidade do Algarve (09/2009 – 10/2017), and now integrates CBMR – Universidade do Algarve (11/2017 – present). He has participated in more than 30 national/international congresses with 4 oral and 16 poster communications and published 4 articles in international peerreview journals. His scientific interests focus the use of natural polymers to develop drug delivery systems