Carlos Martins | Engineering | Research Excellence Award

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Dr. Carlos Martins | Engineering | Research Excellence Award

 SerQ – Centro de Inovação e Competências da Floresta | Portugal

Dr. Carlos Eduardo de Jesus Martins is an Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra (Faculty of Sciences and Technology) and a Researcher at SerQ – Centro de Inovação e Competências da Floresta, with expertise in civil engineering and materials engineering focused on timber and wood-based products. He completed his Integrated Master in Civil Engineering in 2010 and earned a PhD in Civil Engineering (Structures) in 2019 at the University of Coimbra, with distinction. His academic and professional experience spans teaching in higher education, postdoctoral research, and leadership roles in national and international R&D projects, including serving as Principal Investigator. Dr. Martins’ research centers on timber structures, engineered wood products, timber–concrete composite systems, mechanical characterization of wood, non-destructive testing, numerical modelling, durability, life-cycle analysis, circular economy, and sustainable forest-based construction solutions. He has authored 31 peer-reviewed documents, accumulating 402 citations, with an h-index of 13, reflecting consistent scientific impact in the field. He has contributed to book sections, organized scientific events, supervised MSc dissertations, and collaborated extensively with multidisciplinary research teams. His work supports innovation in sustainable construction, structural performance, and the valorization of forest resources, contributing to resilient, low-carbon built environments.

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Featured Publications

Using non-destructive testing to predict the mechanical properties of glued laminated poplar

Structures and Buildings, 2018
Carlos Martins
Experimental evidence for effective flexural-only stiffnesses to account for nonlinear flexural-slip behaviour of timber-concrete composite sections

Construction and Building Materials, 2017
Sebastian, W.M.; Bell, O.G.A.; Martins, C.; Dias, A.M.P.G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.04.082
Non-destructive methodologies for assessment of the mechanical properties of new utility poles

BioResources, 2017
Martins, C.E.J.; Dias, A.M.P.G.; Marques, A.F.S.; Dias, A.M.A.
DOI: 10.15376/biores.12.2.2269-2283
Environmentally friendly high performance timber-concrete panel

Construction and Building Materials, 2016
Martins, C.; Dias, A.M.P.G.; Costa, R.; Santos, P.
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.07.194
Glulam made by Poplar: delamination and shear strength tests

International Scientific Conference on Hardwood Processing, 2017
Carlos Martins

Georgia Kourlaba | Public Health Analytics | Research Excellence Award

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Georgia Kourlaba | Public Health Analytics | Research Excellence Award

 National & Kapodistrian University of Athens | Greece

Assist. Prof. Dr. Georgia Kourlaba is an accomplished public health nursing scholar, currently serving as Assistant Professor of Public Health Nursing – Prevention at the Department of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). From 2022 to 2025, she was Assistant Professor of Research Methodology and Evidence-Based Nursing at the University of Peloponnese. She has also been an Academic Fellow at the 1st Intensive Care Unit of the Faculty of Medicine, NKUA, focusing on nosocomial infections and epidemiology, and is a founding member of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), where she served as Administrative Director and Deputy Scientific Director. Dr. Kourlaba is a member of the Public Health Experts Committee of the Ministry of Health, has held leadership roles at the National Public Health Organization (EODY), and served as an alternate member of the Management Board of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). She teaches epidemiology, research methodology, biostatistics, health technology assessment, and disease prevention at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her research focuses on nosocomial infections, antimicrobial resistance, vaccination coverage, chronic disease epidemiology, childhood obesity, and socioeconomic burden of disease. She has participated in numerous funded projects and published 166 documents cited 3,485 times, with an h-index of 33. Dr. Kourlaba holds an MSc in Biostatistics (NKUA) and a Ph.D. in Nutritional Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Harokopio University).

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Featured Publications

(2026). HPV vaccination coverage among children and adolescents in Greece using national prescription data. Vaccine.

(2025). Real-world switching patterns and associated characteristics in patients with psoriasis treated with biologics. Archives of Dermatological Research.

(2025). QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 assay for the evaluation of cellular immunity after immunization with mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Immunologic Research.

(2025). Early discontinuation of empiric antibiotic therapy in children treated for cancer who develop febrile neutropenia: A prospective cohort study. EJC Paediatric Oncology.

(2025). Attitudes, behaviors, opinions, and suggestions of blood donors toward blood donation in Crete, Greece. Archives of Hellenic Medicine.