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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos (FZEA) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
She holds a degree in Food Engineering from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1996), a master's degree in Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitation from the University of São Paulo (1999) and a PhD in Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitation from the University of São Paulo (2004). She is an associate professor at the Faculty of Zootechnics and Food Engineering at the University of São Paulo since 2012, having been hired in 2005. She is currently responsible for the Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory at FZEA / University of São Paulo since 2007. She was a visiting professor at the University of Minho (Portugal) in 2010 and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013 (postdoctoral internship with FAPESP scholarship). Her research interests are related to Environmental Engineering, with emphasis mainly on the application of anaerobic processes for the treatment of wastes and for the production of energy, as well as its association with other processes integrating biorefineries. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Brazil is the world leader in the production and export of coffee. The country is also the largest producer and exporter of instant coffee. The production of instant coffee generates large quantities of liquid and solid by-products, among which, the effluent from the extraction process and the coffee spent grounds stand out. Anaerobic digestion can mitigate the environmental impact caused…
As leading institutions in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus (FEW Nexus) initiative, the partnership between the UIUC and USP will integrate both hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and anaerobic digestion (AD) as core technologies in order to enhance resource recovery from food and biofuels chains. HTL is an energy-producing technology that uses heat and pressure to convert different types of unde…
Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) is a promising technology for the conversion of wet biomass into biofuels (bio-crude oil - BCO), with algae and cyanobacteria as an excellent feedstock. In the BCO production, a large amount of post-hydrothermal wastewater (PHWW) is also produced, which contains high concentrations of organic matter, nutrients, as well as various toxic compounds. Anaerobic …
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Oil is used in the manufacturing of numerous products worldwide, causing direct impacts on fauna, flora, and contributing to global warming. Due to the dependence on the use of this input and the possibility of scarcity, public policies for investment in the production of biofuels are being developed in the search for high-yield inputs and processes. Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) can be…
The coffee industry represents great commercial importance for many emerging countries, especially Brazil, which is considered the largest coffee producer in the world. However, this production process is responsible for the generation of a large amount of wastewater, with emphasis on the pulping and fermentation stage. Coffee Processing Wastewater (CPWW) is difficult to degrade as it has…
The anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic residues from industrial processes applied to the generation of methane has the potential to assign energy value to avaiable materials that have costly treatment and disposal. The use of residual biomass contributes to the diversification of the energy base without increasing competition for arable land between monocultures aiming production of b…
The growing world energy demand brings to light the need to develop new technologies to obtain this important resource. The advance in food production is the solution to the problem of food security of the population; however, an increasing amount of waste is generated and must be treated. Technologies that integrate waste treatment and energy production are therefore very welcome, since …
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Generating added-value products from lignocellulosic biomass wastes and agro-industrial residues through bio-conversion can assist in the present natural resource scarcity scenario. Considering that coffee ranks as the second most traded commodity globally, with oil being the first, among the lignocellulosic residues, those arising from coffee production require attention. The Internation…
The modern society face important challenges among them two can be highlighted: the adequate residues management and the energy obtaining. For the integration of solutions a new paradigm was proposed by researches of the University of Illinois. The process, called Environment-Enhancing Energy (E2-Energy), integrates infrastructure for waste treatment and bioenergy production, simultaneous…
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