Cristiane Angélica Ottoni

PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Minho (Portugal), MSc in Biotechnology from the University of São Paulo (USP), with undergraduate degrees in Chemistry (Teaching and Bachelors degrees) and Pedagogy with an emphasis on School Administration. She has experience in Applied Microbiology, Bioremediation, Microbial Fuel Cells, fermentation processes in various types of reactors, Molecular Biology with a focus on gene expression analysis in fungi, as well as in the inorganic and biological synthesis of metallic nanoparticles. She is currently an Assistant Professor at São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), where she leads projects focused on the treatment of different types of waste using solid membrane microbial fuel cell reactors, the chemical and biological synthesis of metallic nanoparticles applied to water disinfection contaminated with pathogens, microplastic biodegradation, and the bioprospecting of marine microorganisms with biotechnological potential. She collaborates with the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN), the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL), the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT), Macau University of Science and Technology (China), University of Saint Joseph (China), University of Aveiro (Portugal), and the University of Minho (Portugal). She is a faculty member in the Graduate Programs in Coastal Environment Biodiversity (UNESP) and Chemical Engineering (UNIFAL). She is also a member of the Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF) research group, part of the School of Agriculture at the University of Lisbon.Mother to Pedro also known as pH, Pedrola, Pezola, and so on... (Source: Lattes Curriculum)