Rui L. Reis PhD, DSc, Hon. Causa MD, FBSE, FTERM

Rui L. Reis was born in 1967 in Porto, Portugal. He is the Vice-President for Research and Innovation of the University of Minho, Portugal, Director of the 3B’s Research Group - member of the I3Bs – Institute for Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, and Director of the ICVS/3B´s Associate Laboratory, both of UMinho. He is also the CEO of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, the Coordinator of the Discoveries Centre for Regenerative and Precision Medicine, the Global Past-President of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), and the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 

Rui L. Reis is a recognized World expert in the TERM and biomaterials fields, that has edited several books and has more than 1200 published works listed on ISI WoK and more than 70 patents. He co-founded several companies that raised important private investments. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited almost 48 000 times. He has been awarded many important international prizes, including among several others different innovation awards, the Jean Leray and George Winter Awards (ESB), the Clemson Award (SFB), and TERMIS-EU Awards (i) for contributions to the literature and (ii) lifetime achievements, and recently the UNESCO- International Life Sciences Award and the IET A. F. Harvey Engineering Research Prize. He is the PI of projects with a budget totalizing of more than 100 million Euros.