Doctoral thesis success: Clara Dourado Fernandes
Congratulations to Clara Dourado Fernandes on successfully defending her doctoral thesis titled “Enzymatic Synthesis of Aliphatic Polyesters for Application in Tissue Engineering: Development and Characterization of Nanofiber Mats with Bioactive Glasses” on 17th September 2025 (online). Clara carried out her doctoral project through a dual-degree (co-tutelle) program between the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil (supervised by Prof. Pedro Henrique Hermes de Araujo and Prof. Dr. Bruno Oechsler) and FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, under the supervision of Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. Several papers have been already published resulting from Clara’s thesis (for example ref. [1-2]). Many congratulations to Clara for the successful defense of her doctoral thesis, we wish her all the best in her future career.
[1] C. Dourado Fernandes, et al., “Boron-Doped Mesoporous Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles (B-MBGNs) in Poly(ε-caprolactone)/Poly(propylene succinate-co-glycerol succinate) Nanofiber Mats for Tissue Engineering”, ACS Applied Bio Materials 2025, 8, 7, 5557–5567.
[2] C. Dourado Fernandes et al., “Incorporation of Poly(propylene succinate-co-glycerol succinate) (PPSG) as a Renewable Additive in Electrospun PCL Fibers with Bioactive Glass Particles for Soft Tissue Engineering”, ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2025, 8, 6, 4791–4804.
