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Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA). Embrapa Instrumentação Agropecuária (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Food Engineer (Federal University of Viçosa, 1995), D.Sc. in Food Technology (Campinas State University, 2001). Researcher at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), at Embrapa Instrumentation. She was a visiting scientist in WRRC/ARS/USDA (2008), and participated as a researcher in the Labex program (Embrapa) at the Quadram Institute (formerly Institute of Food Research), in Norwich, UK. Ad-hoc reviewer of a variety of journals, including Food Hydrocolloids and Carbohydrate Polymers. Her experience is focused on food packaging, especially on the following subjects: edible and biodegradable packaging films, nanotechnology applied to food packaging, use of food byproducts for biodegradable materials, uses of bacterial cellulose for food and packaging materials. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Global plastic production reaches hundreds of millions of tons annually, with a large portion used for packaging. These packages are generally disposable, with a short lifespan, but persist in the environment, causing remarkable environmental impacts. The replacement of conventional plastics with materials that are both renewable and biodegradable is urgently needed. A promising alternati…
Brazil is known for its sugarcane production, which results in the generation of by-products in the sugar-alcohol industry, such as straw. Given the high cellulose content of this biomass, it is possible to use it to obtain nanocellulose, a renewable, biodegradable, biocompatible, rigid structure that has a specific surface area and possibilities for physical and chemical functionalizatio…
The proposal involves the production of biodegradable films with active (antioxidant, antimicrobial and/or UV absorber) properties from bulk fruit processing byproducts. The first step will be to analyze the chemical composition and to make preliminary tests on processing byproducts from orange, passion fruit, pineapple, mango, and banana (as well as on their mixtures). At least four bypr…
This proposal is focused on the development of edible films and coatings that work as carriers of probiotic bacteria, protecting them against degradation on processing, storage, and passage through the stomach, but releasing them at the intestine. The films will be based on alginate, due to its polyanionic character, which favors probiotic immobilization at the low pH of the stomach and r…
The proposal involves the production of flexible materials (films) derived from fungal mycelium. In the first stage, the films will be obtained by growing mycelium in a standard culture medium and will undergo deacetylation and/or crosslinking treatments to assess the individual or combined effects of these processes on film properties. Based on the results, the most effective conditions …
The growing interest in replacing petroleum-based plastic packaging with biodegradable alternatives from renewable sources has gained prominence due to its contribution to environmental preservation. The use of flours obtained from agricultural and agroindustrial by-products may contribute to reduce the cost of materials, besides providing a noble destiny to the by-product. This work aims…
Environmentally friendly packaging materials have been studied as sustainable alternatives to conventional plastics, whose disposal has caused a huge environmental impact related to their long biodegradation time. In order to produce sustainable packaging materials from renewable sources, fruit processing by-products (rich in polysaccharides and active compounds) may be used as raw materi…
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The growing demand for sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics hasstimulated the development of biobased and biodegradable materials for foodpackaging. Nevertheless, many studies emphasize the production and functionalproperties of biopolymer films, but their practical applicability is still not sufficientlyaddressed. This project will improve the assessment of bioplastics pr…
Bioplastic films derived from agro-industrial residues represent a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics. However, their performance is often limited by brittleness and high water sensitivity. To address these challenges, this project proposes the development of biodegradable, high-barrier bioplastic films from banana pseudostem flour plasticized with glycerol and beeswax. The …
Bioplastic films derived from fruit-processing by-products present a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics. However, these materials often exhibit poor water interaction properties, limiting their efficacy in applications such as food packaging. To address this challenge, this research project aims to utilize tannins extracted from fruit-processing by-products to improve the wa…