Ruy de Sousa Júnior

I have a degree in Chemical Engineering from the State University of Campinas-Brazil (UNICAMP-SP/Br, 1996), a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos-Brazil (UFSCar/Br, 1999) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos-Brazil (UFSCar/Br, 2003). I did a post-doctorate at the University of Poitiers (UP/Fr, 2006) and the months I lived in France marked a particular and very special period in my life: work at the Laboratory of Catalysis in Organic Chemistry (LaCCO), at the Poitiers School of Engineering (ESIP), life in Poitiers... (and weekends in Paris). I carried out another post-doctorate (also very special) at the São Carlos Chemistry Institute of the University of São Paulo (IQSC-USP/Br, 2005-2009). I was professor at the Methodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP/Br). I am currently professor and researcher at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar, Br). I have experience in chemistry and chemical engineering, focusing on biochemical and electrochemical processes, working mainly on the following topics: modeling, simulation, optimization and control. My current main research interests are fuel cells, abiotic and biotic. Some specific research topics are glycerol electrooxidation, direct alcohol fuel cells, enzymatic and microbial fuel cells. Currently, I am Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of São Carlos. I was also Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering (2019-01 to 2021-01) and Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program in Environmental Engineering (2013-04 to 2015-02) at the Federal University of São Carlos. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)