Lívia Santos is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanobiology and Tissue Engineering at the School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University. She joined NTU as Independent Research Fellow in 2016 and was promoted to Senior Independent Research Fellow in early 2019 and Senior Lecturer in 2021. Prior to her current position, Santos conducted research at the 3Bs Research Group, University of Minho & European Headquarters for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Portugal and the Stevens Group, Imperial College London.

She leads research in mechanobiology and tissue engineering and contributes to teaching Nutrition and Metabolism in undergraduate courses in Sport Science.

Santos obtained a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Minho, Portugal. She received a Post-Doctoral Fellowship by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology(FCT) to conduct research at Biosckin - Molecular and Cellular Therapies SA & Faculty of Engineering of Porto.