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Rui Luís Reis is a Portuguese scientist known for his research in biomimetics and biomaterials. Reis is Professor of tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and stem cells at the Department of Polymer Engineering, School of Engineering of the University of Minho. He is the Director of the 3B's Research Group, which specializes in the areas of regenerative Medicine, tissue engineering, stem cells and biomaterials. Rui L. Reis is also, since 2013, the Vice-Rector (Vice-President) for research of UMinho. Since 2007 he is also editor-in-chief of the Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
Reis was born in Porto, one of three children of a science professor and a nurse. Reis spent part of his childhood in Metangula, Mozambique, a small town near Lake Niassa, while his father was engaged in military service during the Portuguese Colonial War.
Reis began his research into biomaterials in 1990. He studies the development of biomaterials from natural origin polymers and their possible biomedical applications, including bone replacement and fixation, drug delivery carriers, partially degradable bone cements and tissue engineering scaffolding. In 2015 Reis' research team developed a new type of catheter which is made of hydrogel.
In 2014 he was made a Commander of Portugal's Order of Saint James of the Sword and in 2016, Reis was elected a foreign member of the United States National Academy of Engineering