João Mano honoured with Humboldt Research Award for biomaterials research
He attended the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Annual Meeting 2026 in Berlin, where he formally received the award alongside other distinguished researchers from around the world. The event brings together members of the global Humboldt Network, one of the world's largest international scientific communities.
Singapore mission opens new opportunities for research collaboration
The international mission brought together universities, research institutes, technology centres, industry representatives and government organisations from both countries to foster long-term collaboration in advanced manufacturing, additive manufacturing, technology transfer and innovation.
Four CICECO doctoral researchers complete UA Global Leader 2026
Joana Pronto, Abel Alves Júnior, Afonso Lamelas, and Isabella Souza successfully completed the eight-week programme, which concluded with a keynote session delivered by Ole John Nielsen, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
International Summer School promotes sustainable industrial surface treatments
The scientific programme was coordinated by Professors Alexandre Bastos and João Tedim, bringing together experts from academia and industry to share the latest developments in sustainable electrochemical surface engineering.
Study proposes carbon structures to pave the way for the materials of the future
Authored by Jorge Laranjeira, Leonel Marques, Manuel Melle-Franco, Karol Strutynski, and Manuel Barroso, from the Physics and Chemistry departments of CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials and i3N/Aveiro – Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication, the work shows that the new structures are mechanically and dynamically stable, fundamental requirements for their eventual experimental production.
Researchers participate in European debate on energy storage
Resulting from a collaboration between researchers from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry and CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials – led by Pavel Zelenovskii, Filipe Figueiredo, and Dinis Abranches – the research explored supramolecular peptide materials as sustainable functional components for future energy storage systems.
Bruna Ferreira receives Best Student Presentation Award at International Workshop
Bruna Ferreira, a PhD student at CICECO and the Department of Chemistry of the University of Aveiro, has been awarded the Best Student Presentation Award at the International Workshop on Membrane Engineering, held in Naples, Italy, from 15–17 June 2026.
World’s Best Scientists 2026 Highlights 27 Researchers from CICECO
Twenty-seven researchers from CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials have been included in the 2026 edition of the World’s Best Scientists ranking, published by Research.com, a bibliometric platform that evaluates scientific performance worldwide.
UA is 82nd worldwide in citations per faculty; CICECO published 563 papers
A result to which CICECO has made a decisive contribution, with 563 SCI-indexed papers published in 2025 alone. The findings come from the QS World University Rankings 2027.
CICECO develops biomaterial for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
The research was carried out within the framework of the European project “Full human-based multi-scale constructs with jammed regenerative pockets for bone engineering (ERC-Adv-883370)”, coordinated by João Mano, professor at the Department of Chemistry and coordinator of the COMPASS group. The innovation has already attracted the interest of Metatissue, a UA spin-off company, which has proceeded with the licensing of the technology.