Gabriel Luz Chaves

Master in Chemical Engineering from UFSCar, worked on the development of an Escherichia coli strain capable of producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid, using metabolic engineering tools, cloning techniques, and genome editing, as well as genomic-scale metabolic modeling analyses. Worked as a junior researcher at Tallinn University of Technology, studying the metabolism of nonconventional yeast fatty acids and developing synthetic biology strategies for engineering the desaturation/elongation pathway of fatty acids for the production of long-chain omega-3 acids. Currently working at the National Laboratory of Biorenewables on the development of E. coli strains for the production of organic acids using systems metabolic engineering approaches. Graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa, where worked on bioseparations, recovering lysozyme from egg white using supermacroporous cryogels as adsorbent material and characterizing these materials regarding their hydrodynamic characteristics, according to their composition. Also a certified technician in Agroecology from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Southeastern Minas Gerais - Muriaé campus. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)