Lucas de Azambuja

• Responsible for searching the literature for methodologies and articles that guide and ensure the company's line of research

• Collaboration with leadership team to identify relevant questions and determine best methodologies; • Documentation of physical and chemical properties of materials before, during and after completing standardized tests; • Polymer analysis – Research, characterization and technical report for polymers for medical devices. Experience with FTIR, DSC, UV-Vis, HPLC, GPC and failure analysis techniques; • Biomaterials, implants, drug delivery and scaffold development;

• Polymer analysis – Research, characterization and technical report for polymers.

• Nanomechanical characterization development technique for silica bodies irradiated by femtolaser for manufacture of high performance optical fiber manufacture.

Thesis: Retrieval Analysis on ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene acetabular inserts for hip prostheses.

Thesis: Investigation of the influence of chemical degradation on the physicochemical and mechanical properties of silicone membranes used in breast implants