Marleny Doris Aranda Saldaña

Bachelor's Honors in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Nacional del Centro del Peru (1994), MSc in Chemical Engineering from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1997) and PhD in Chemical Engineering, area of processing, from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2002). My research focuses on emerging processing technologies and the use of near-critical and supercritical water and carbon dioxide to treat biomass and agricultural materials for use in nutraceutical, food and industrial applications; mathematical modeling and computer simulations of unit operations. Other emerging technology used in her laboratory is ultrasound. Other aspect of my research includes the use of High Pressure Processing and High Pressure Processing assisted by Temperature to treat food products. Among crops studied earlier are barley, canola, coffee and cocoa beans, guarana seeds, carrots, tomatoes, Echinacea roots, tea leaves among others. Unit operations commonly use are extraction, fractionation, adsorption, reaction, and encapsulation. Crops under study by her research team include potato, flax, wheat, tritricale, lentils and peas. In the past, I have worked at different TOP research centers and universities in Japan, Germany, The Netherlands and Brazil. Currently, have collaborations with all of these institutions. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)