Iuri Estrada Gouvea

Iuri Estrada Gouvêa, current Biotechnology R&D coordinator in Renewable Technologies at Braskem S.A, the largest petrochemical producer in the Americas and the world's leading biopolymer producer. Past: Enzymology and Molecular Biology R&D Leader - Cellulosic Ethanol Business Unit at CTC - Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (Dez2014-Nov2015); Project leader and Senior Enzymologist/Biochemist at Braskem S.A. (May2011-Nov2014). Postdoc / Associated Research at Biophysics Department of Federal University of São Paulo (May2008-Abr2011). He has a PhD in enzymology from Federal University of São Paulo/Brazil and Kyoto Institute of Technology/Japan (2008). Iuri Gouvêa has published more than 25 articles in international journals and has issued several patents on enzyme engineering and new metabolic pathways. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)