Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro
Ana Maria Carmona Ribeiro graduated in Physics and Biochemistry at the University of São Paulo in 1974 obtaining her PhD degree on bilayers made of synthetic lipids on 1982. In 1987, she became a lecturer at the Department of Biochemistry developing research on interactions between bilayer membranes, biomolecules and interfaces. This project led to the description of the biomimetic particles which were derived from studies on the interaction between lipids and mineral or polymeric surfaces or nanoparticles. In 1992, she returned from a visit to the Colloids group at the University of Reading (UK) becoming a reader on Biochemistry at the Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry Institute, University of São Paulo, Brazil. She founded the Biocolloids Laboratory at USP in 1993, and since then she has been developing novel supramolecular assemblies aimed at drug and vaccine delivery. Her background in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Pharmaceutics has been useful for the development of novel supramolecular assemblies with potential for biomedical applications.