BIOGRAPHY
Marcos A. Oliveira, Ph.D., M.A.
Associate Professor of PharmacyUniversity of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX
Dr. Marcos A. Oliveira currently is an associate professor at the
Feik School of Pharmacy at the University of the Incarnate Word in
San Antonio, Texas. He also is a consultant scientist at INCELL
Corporation in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Oliveira managed the establishment of a partnership involving two universities: Wayne State University and University of the Incarnate Word; and two commercial partners, INCELL and Progen Pharmaceuticals, for commercialization of a new antibiotic. He also has developed innovative new research linking polyamines and biofilm. In addition, he has mentored postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D., M.S., Pharm.D. and undergraduate students; all employed in the pharmaceutical industry with focuses on patents and academia.
Dr. Oliveira has published 40 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals; and has received numerous awards and honors, including the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmacy Faculty New Investigator in 2003-2004.
Dr. Oliveira received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Campinas, Brazil; and a master’s degree in Applied Physic /
Crystallography from the University
of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was awarded a Ph.D. from Purdue University and received postdoctoral training from the University of Texas, Austin.
