A/P Vinicius Rosa develops oral-health technologies at the intersection of materials science, artificial intelligence, regenerative dentistry and translational research. His work connects biomaterials, cell-based models, data-driven design and research infrastructure to make oral-health innovation more predictive, clinically relevant and ready to move beyond the laboratory.
A/P Rosa obtained his DDS from the University of Passo Fundo in 2005, the same year he received the Academy of Dental Materials Student Award. He later completed his Master's and PhD in Dental Materials at the University of São Paulo, with doctoral work developed in collaboration with Prof. Jacques E. Nör at the University of Michigan.
His doctoral research demonstrated that dental pulp-like tissue could be regenerated in full-length human root canals using dental pulp stem cells and injectable scaffolds. This work helped shape his long-standing interest in regenerative endodontics and in the design of biomaterials that do more than replace damaged structures: materials that interact with cells, guide tissue formation and create conditions for repair.
After joining the National University of Singapore in 2012, A/P Rosa built an interdisciplinary research programme around a central question: how can dentistry move from testing materials after they are made to designing technologies around the biological responses they are expected to generate? This question led his group from dental materials and pulp regeneration into advanced biointerfaces, stem-cell-derived models, material informatics, on-demand biomaterial design and living experimental systems.
Across these areas, his work has focused on creating platforms that change how oral-health technologies are discovered, tested and translated. Rather than treating materials, cells and clinical needs as separate problems, his research integrates them into experimental and computational systems that can better predict performance, safety and biological relevance.
As Vice-Dean Research at NUS Dentistry, A/P Rosa led the strategic transformation of the Faculty's research enterprise and authored the roadmap that laid the foundation for ORCHIDS — Oral Care, Health Innovations and Designs Singapore. He now directs ORCHIDS, an autonomous research centre focused on translating oral-health innovation through engineering strategies, artificial intelligence, digital tools and interdisciplinary collaboration.
A/P Rosa also led the development of Singapore's first Tooth Tissue Bank and Dental Stem Cell Bank, establishing research infrastructure that supports regenerative dentistry, biomaterials testing and future translational technologies. Together, these initiatives reflect the broader direction of his work: building the scientific concepts, experimental systems and institutional platforms needed for the next phase of oral-health innovation.