Ricardo Jorge Espanhol Andrade

Ricardo Jorge Espanhol Andrade holds a degree in Polymer Engineering from the University of Minho, Portugal (2005), a master's degree in Product Formulation and Technology from the University of Huelva, Spain (2008), and a PhD in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA (2014). He completed a postdoctoral internship at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IESL-FORTH), Crete, Greece (2014-2015) in the area of rheology of colloidal systems. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, teaching in the Materials Engineering course and in the Postgraduate Program in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology, as a Permanent Professor. He is a researcher at the Mackenzie Institute for Research in Graphene and Nanotechnology (MackGraphe). His research covers topics such as understanding the complex relationship between thermo-mechanical history and structure/morphology, with the final properties of polymeric nanocomposites with 2D materials. His research is applied in the development of advanced sustainable materials for textiles, aeronautics, automotive, oil recovery, paints and coatings, packaging and smart materials. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)