Department: Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology

Faculty: Faculty of Pharmacy

Institute: Institute of Materials

Strategic R&D&I cluster: Strategic Grouping of Materials (AEMAT)

Area: Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology

Research group: R&D in drug dosage forms and drug delivery systems

Email: luis.diaz.gomez@usc.es

Doctor by the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela with the thesis Andamiajes poliméricos obtenidos por electrohilado y espumado supercrítico para regeneración de tendón y hueso 2016. Supervised by Dr. Ángel Concheiro Nine, Dr. Carmen Álvarez Lorenzo.

My research line focuses on the design, processing, and evaluation of novel biomaterials to be used as scaffolds for tissue engineering or as carriers for controlled delivery of drugs and gene vectors. I developed novel strategies for the preparation of orthopedic scaffolds, dental implants, and ophthalmologic drug delivery systems. I have developed novel biofabrication technologies, including supercritical foaming approaches to prepare growth factor-loaded polymeric scaffolds, printing methodologies to create scaffolds with discrete gradients of composition and porosity, and fiber engraving techniques to exert spatial control over scaffold microenvironment and cellular organization. One of my aims is the regeneration of complex tissues, studying the effects of composition, structure, and mechanical properties on tissue regeneration, and utilizing 3D printing techniques to design graded, heterogeneous scaffolds mimicking the complex nature of natural tissues. I have been involved in the development of novel inks and printing methods for functional scaffolds with locally tailored composition, structure, and properties, medical devices with antibiofilm properties, and in vitro models for disease research and therapeutics.