University of Porto · DEMec · CEFT / ALiCE
Rheology where
physics meets life.
Laura Campo-Deaño studies how blood, biofluids and other complex materials flow — using rheology, microfluidics and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics to turn difficult behaviour into measurable science.
Associate Professor · FEUP
Section Deputy Coordinator · Fluids & Energy
Rheology × Biofluids × Microfluidics
BIOFLUID FIELD / LIVE MODEL37.0°C
EXTERNAL FIELD
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response under control
MATERIAL RESPONSE
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measure · model · understand
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01 / RESEARCH
Complex fluids are not noise.
Complex fluids are not noise.
They are information.
The work connects experimental rheology with micro-scale flow physics, biological questions and engineering systems where material response changes the outcome.
01BIOFLUIDS / HEMODYNAMICS
Blood rheology
Viscoelasticity, blood analogues and hemodynamic behaviour studied to better reproduce what happens inside real circulatory systems.
Explore blood research ↗02SMALL SCALE / HIGH RESOLUTION
Microfluidics & microrheology
Microchannels and particle-scale methods used as precise experimental platforms for measuring complex-fluid behaviour.
Explore microfluidics ↗03FIELDS / RESPONSIVE MATTER
Magnetorheology
How magnetic fields alter rheological response — including human blood and blood-analogue systems designed for controlled testing.
See MagneticBlood & PROMisH ↓04MOVING THROUGH COMPLEX FLOW
Medical microbots
Hemodynamic optimisation around 3D swimming microbots, where geometry, confinement and non-Newtonian effects all matter.
Explore microbot research ↗
02 / CURRENT FOCUS
A magnetic field.
A magnetic field.
A biological fluid.
A different question.
PROMisH is a current University of Porto project exploring rheologically optimised magnetic emulsions in hemotherapy. It extends a research line that already includes MagneticBlood and the study of blood response under external magnetic fields.
MagneticBlood
Magnetorheology of human blood towards the development of new treatment therapies.
MultiBlood
Multidimensional blood analogue fluid for in vitro tests.
HEMOSwimmers
Hemodynamic optimisation around 3D swimming microbots.
03 / PUBLICATIONS
Recent work,
Recent work,
from pressure shifts to blood.
A selected research stream across rheology, magnetorheology, microfluidics, biofluids and advanced materials.
Search selected publications ↗For the live complete record, use CiênciaVitae, ORCID or Google Scholar.
04 / TEACHING & LEADERSHIPMeasure precisely.
Measure precisely.
Teach clearly.
Advanced Fluid Mechanics
Master's teaching at FEUP.
Fluid Mechanics I & II
Core mechanical-engineering fluid mechanics.
Introduction to Rheology: Fundamentals & Industrial Applications
Continuing-education course at FEUP.
Deputy Coordinator · Fluids & Energy Section
Department of Mechanical Engineering, FEUP.
05 / PROFILEFrom Vigo to Leuven,
From Vigo to Leuven,
Oxford and Porto.
One continuous question:
how does matter flow?
Laura Campo-Deaño is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and an integrated researcher at CEFT.
Her trajectory began with a PhD in Physics at the University of Vigo, followed by postdoctoral work at KU Leuven and research at Oxford. At Porto, her work has connected experimental rheology with microfluidics, hemodynamics, biofluids and field-responsive systems.
Her institutional profile reports four projects led as principal investigator, two granted patents, three additional patent applications and one software registration. She also co-founded Rheinforce and serves as vice president of the Portuguese Society of Rheology.
CURRENTAssociate Professor · FEUP
CURRENTVice President · Portuguese Society of Rheology
TRANSFERCo-founder · Rheinforce Lda.
COLLABORATE
A difficult fluid problem
A difficult fluid problem
is a good place to start.
Rheology · biofluids · microfluidics · hemodynamics · non-Newtonian fluid mechanics · research collaboration.
campo@fe.up.pt ↗
Department of Mechanical Engineering · FEUP
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias · 4200-465 Porto · Portugal Official FEUP profile ↗
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias · 4200-465 Porto · Portugal Official FEUP profile ↗