Leonardo Rodrigues de Almeida

Undergraduate degree in Chemical Process Technology from the College of Technology SENAI Roberto Mange (2013), a Master's degree in Molecular Sciences in the area of Physical Chemistry with Small Molecule Crystallography at the State University of Goiás, Anápolis - GO (2015), and PhD in Biomolecular Physics at the São Carlos Institute of Physics at the University of São Paulo, São Carlos - SP (2022). Experience in Chemistry and Microbiology laboratory, with emphasis on Physical Chemistry, specifically in the structural determination of small molecules, synthesis of organic compounds, calculations of physicochemical properties via DFT, supramolecular analysis, studies of electronic structure. Has experience with design of experiments, data analysis, expression and purification of recombinant proteins, enzyme kinetics and also microbiological analysis. Conducting structural studies by X-ray diffraction with macromolecular crystallography, data collection, data processing, structural refinement, biophysical and biochemical analysis of glycoside hydrolases, for potential application in the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass. Has experience in the areas of Biophysics and Biochemistry, with an emphasis on Structural Biology in the areas of Crystallography. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)