Tiago Albertini BalbinoTiago Albertini Balbino, PhD, is a professor at the Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil. He coordinates the Graduate Program in Nanotechnolgy Engineering, which is housed at Latin America’s largest center for research and education in engineering. Professor Balbino is a chemical engineer with a PhD and master’s in chemical engineering from the UNICAMP (São Paulo, Brazil). His doctoral research focused on developing microfluidic processes for creating nanostructured systems used in vaccines and other nanomedicines, a focus he expanded during his internship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States, where he worked on microfabrication techniques for biomedical applications. He later pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at PUC-Rio, advancing his expertise in microfluidic chip design. Currently, his work centers on designing innovative microfluidic chips to address challenges in nanotechnology engineering. He is also actively involved in advancing organ-on-chip technologies, with applications in drug development, disease modeling, and tissue engineering. His work bridges engineering and biomedical science, contributing to cutting-edge research that aims to transform healthcare and train the next generation of scientists and engineers.T Read More Read Less