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Paulo Jorge Da Silva Bartolo
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Paulo Bartolo is Professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Executive Director of Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP), and Programme Director of National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC) hub at NTU. He is Fellow of CIRP (International Academy for Production Engineering), Honorary/Visiting Professor at several Universities in China, Europe and North America and Advisor of several Funding Agencies and Research Institutes across the world.

He authored/co-authored more than 600 publications in journal papers, book chapters and conference proceedings, co-edited 22 books and holds 16 patents in the field of additive manufacturing, biomanufacturing and tissue engineering. He has been engaged in many projects funded by A*STAR, EPSRC, Innovate UK, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Royal Society, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, the Portuguese Agency for Innovation, the European Commission, and Industry representing around S$90M for his research group.

Public recognition for outstanding contributions: Medal of Merit from the city of Leiria (Portugal) for his national and international achievements; Commendation and public recognition from the Portuguese Government, published in the Portuguese Government’s Law Journal (Diário da Republica), for the outstanding work as advisor of the Portuguese Government in the area of Research and Innovation; Commendation from the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, published in the Portuguese Government Journal, for the outstanding work carried out; Council award Afonso Lopes Vieira in the area of Innovation, Leiria Town Council, Portugal (2009). Microsoft Academic ranked Paulo Bartolo as the most salient author worldwide on the biomanufacturing field and among the top 100 most salient author worldwide on the field of tissue engineering.