Rodrigo Alvarenga Rezende

Postdoctoral fellow at the Renato Archer Information Technology Center (CTI), with a FAPESP scholarship, in the area of Information Technology applied to Biofabrication.** Holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), with a sandwich Ph.D. internship at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (Portugal), working with numerical simulations, genetic algorithms, and process optimization. Holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on Computing from the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). He is currently a Professor and Researcher in the Graduate Program in Biotechnology (PPGB) at the University of Araraquara (UNIARA), advising Ph.D., Master's, and undergraduate research students. He is also an External Collaborating Researcher at CTI Renato Archer and Coordinator of the Center for Three-Dimensional Technologies (NUT3D) at UNIARA. He develops and leads interdisciplinary projects in the fields of bioprinting, regenerative medicine, additive manufacturing, tissue engineering, and biomaterials development. He conceived and chaired the two editions of the International Digital Congress on Biofabrication and 3D Bioprinting (3DBB). He has a strong presence at the intersection of Engineering, Computing, and Biotechnology. He served as General Coordinator of Institutional Competencies and Project Coordinator of the Biofabrication Team at CTI Renato Archer, where he led a Ministry of Health-funded initiative to construct 3D models for complex surgeries in Brazils public healthcare system (SUS). He was an associated researcher at CERTBIO-UFCG and is a member of the Research Ethics Committee at UNIARA. He has experience in scientific computing and software development. He worked as a Telecommunications Analyst at Ericsson, developing systems using proprietary languages. He holds a specialization in Object-Oriented Programming and has completed several courses in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Python. He is currently pursuing an MBA in Data Science at FM2S. He has developed work involving computational simulation (CFD and Finite Elements), computer graphics, and medical image processing with the InVesalius software, applied to surgical planning and bioprinting. He was co-founder of the collaborative networks INCT-Biofabris and BIOFAB (CYTED) and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the *International Journal of Advances in Medical Biotechnology (IJAMB)* and Associate Editor of the journal *Frontiers in Biomaterials Science*. He develops university extension projects aimed at popularizing 3D technologies and promoting scientific training for youth. Member of the Research Ethics Committee at the University of Araraquara. His profile integrates multidisciplinary expertise in engineering, computing, and innovation, with significant contributions to Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Biotechnology both in academia and in projects with direct applications in health and industry. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)