Fernando Luiz Pellegrini Pessoa

He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Bahia (1981), a specialization in Petrochemical Engineering (CENPEQ-PETROBRAS/UFBA), a specialization in Equilibrium Separation Processes (COFIC / UFBA), a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1987) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Lyngby University (Denmark) (1992). He worked at the Federal University of Bahia as a researcher (4 years), at the Camaçari Petrochemical Complex - Bahia (6 years) and at the School of Chemistry of UFRJ for 27 years, where he became a Full Professor. He is currently a Volunteer Professor at EQ/UFRJ and a Full Professor at the SENAI CIMATEC University. He was awarded as Researcher 1A (CNPq) and Scientist of the State of Rio de Janeiro. He has about 250 papers published in national and international journals, 600 papers in national and international congresses, and more than 155 students graduated in master's and/or doctoral degrees. Translator of Van Ness (Thermodynamics), Incropera (Mass and Heat Transfer) and Reactor Calculus (Roberts). Coordinator of several projects with companies and government institutions. Coordinator of the Competence Center for Process Intensification at SENAI-CIMATEC. He has experience in the area of Chemical Engineering, with emphasis on Applied Thermodynamics and Process Engineering, working mainly on the following topics: PETROLEUM, PETROCHEMICALS, biofuels, natural products, supercritical fluid, phase balance, intensification and optimization of processes, circular economy and green H2. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)