Affiliation: Federal University of ABC, Center of Natural and Human Sciences, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Luciana Pastena Giorno is currently a PhD student and a Brazilian Researcher at the Centro Brasileiro de Referência em Inovações Tecnológicas para Esportes Paralímpicos (CINTESP.Br). She holds an MSc in Biotechnoscience from the Universidade Federal do ABC (2020), and is a Resident in Transplantation and Organ Harvesting from the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (2014). She did undergraduation in physiotherapy, and during 2016-2019 she worked at Hospital do Coração. She contributed as co-orientation of a graduate student in her scientific initiation researching muscle injuries and participated in the committee’s organizing at the 1st Workshop International Lolita San Miguel in Brazil (2012). Her current research interests are in the areas of tissue engineering, with a focus on bioresorbable polymeric materials for the repair of tissue and muscle injuries.