New R&D@USA fellows 2nd semester 2023

The candidates for the scholarships have already been selected R&D@USA. From July, the 15 Master’s, PhD students and Junior Researchers, chosen by FLAD, will carry out research internships in the USA, related to innovative scientific or technological topics.

Congratulations to the 15 new FLAD grantees! Those selected will have the opportunity to conduct research at academic and scientific institutions in various locations in the US.

Find out who are the students selected for the second semester of 2023 and what their destination is in the USA:

• Ana Rita Sousa (PhD Student, Biotechnology, Materials) – CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials – Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro/School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University;
• António da Silva Inácio (Internal Nephrology Physician in Specific Training) – Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, E.P.E./Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic;
• Beatriz Marques de Almeida – (PhD Student, Biomedicine) – Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Universidade de Coimbra/Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
• Bruno Ribeiro (PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering) – INEGI – Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto/School of Engineering, Brown University;
• Cristiano Rodrigues (PhD Student, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity) – ALGORITMI – Escola de Engenharia, Universidade do Minho/Department of Computer Science, Boston University;
• Diogo Cruz (PhD Student, Physics) – Instituto Superior Técnico/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT);
• Evelina Rodrigues (PhD Student, Behavioral Biology) – ISPA–Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida/Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles;
• Filipa Silva (PhD Student, Biotechnology) – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Universidade Católica Portuguesa/Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School;
• Filipe Arruda (PhD Student, Biology) – Universidade dos Açores/Thad Cochran Research Center, University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy;
• Gabriel Pinheiro (Master Student, Chemical and Computer Engineering) – Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra/Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty, University of Nebraska Medical Center;
• Joana Pereira (PhD Student, Molecular and Cellular Biology) – i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde/Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS);
• Maria Menezes de Castro (PhD Student, Biomedicine) – i3S- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde/Johns Hopkins Medical School;
• Ricardo Barbeiro dos Santos (PhD Student, Artificial Intelligence) – NOVA School of Science and Technology + Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS/Deep Robust & Explainable AI Lab (Deep-REAL), Department of Computer & Information Sciences, University of Delaware;
• Tiago Gonçalves da Eira (Master Student, Health Economics) – Universidade Católica Portuguesa + Universidade de Coimbra/UCLA – Fielding School of Public Health;
• Valter Nóbrega (PhD Student, Economics) – Nova School of Business and Economics/University of Delaware.

Congratulations! And good job!