Maria Helena Andrade Santana is a retired Full Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas, Brazil. Maria Helena is graduated in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maringa, holds PhD. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Campinas, Brazil, a postdoctoral in Chemical Engineering from the North Caroline State University, USA, and has a nonmedical degree from the American Academy of Regenerative Medicine (American Board of Regenerative Medicine- South America Chapter) (2016). She has extensive experience in multidisciplinary applications, specifically in fermentation processes, nanotechnology, and regenerative medicine of musculoskeletal systems, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Brazil (2014-present). She received twice (2004 and 2015) the “Zeferino Vaz? award for Scientific Productivity in Chemical Engineering and the Inventors award from the Innovation Agency (2010, 2019), both from the University of Campinas, Brazil.