CV Lattes
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Engenharia de Alimentos from Universidade Federal de Viçosa (1986), master's at Science and Technology of the Food from Universidade Federal de Viçosa (1988), doctorate at Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutica from Universidade de São Paulo - USP (1994) and doctorate at Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutico from Gesellschaft Für Biotechnologische Forschung (1994). Has experience in Microbiology, focusing on Industrial Microbiology and of Fermentation, acting on the following subjects: xilitol, bagaço de cana-de-açúcar, hidrolisado hemicelulósico, bagaco de cana-de-acucar and bioetanol. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Biorefineries of lignocellulosic materials have the potential as environmentally sustainable alternatives for the production of biofuels and other materials of interest to the transportation infrastructure sector. In Brazil, due to the importance of the sugarcane industry, sugarcane bagasse and straw are abundant lignocellulosic materials with high potential for contributing as a carbon a…
Biorefineries of lignocellulosic materials have the potential as environmentally sustainable alternatives for the production of biofuels and other materials of interest to the transportation infrastructure sector. In Brazil, due to the importance of the sugarcane industry, sugarcane bagasse and straw are abundant lignocellulosic materials with high potential for contributing as a carbon a…
Biorefineries of lignocellulosic materials have the potential as environmentally sustainable alternatives for the production of biofuels and other materials of interest to the transportation infrastructure sector. In Brazil, due to the importance of the sugarcane industry, sugarcane bagasse and straw are abundant lignocellulosic materials with high potential for contributing as a carbon a…
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This proposal intends to face technological challenges put forth by a new conception of integrated biorefinery, taking advantage of synergies between the production processes of the two most important biofuels in the Brazilian context: 1st and 2nd generation bioethanol from sugarcane, and biodiesel from vegetable oils and of microbial origin. With this purpose, researchers with large expe…
Currently, researchers have studied the viability of the use of biomass, mainly agricultural and agro-industrial by-products, in the lignocellulosic biorefineries conception. In this context, research using lignocellulosic material as feedstock have been directed to second generation ethanol production, besides the requirement for products diversification in biorefineries, aiming the con…
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This doctoral research plan proposes the application of methodologies to optimize the production processes of ethanol and biogas, using the main fractions (cellulosic and hemicellulosic) of biomass derived from the sugar-energy sector. The goal is to broaden the scope of current methodologies by conducting research focused on process intensification across multiple stages (pretreatment an…
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The growing demand for the adoption of sustainable products that cause less impact on the environment has become an increasingly recurrent topic in industrial and academic sectors. As an alternative to synthetic detergents, which contain fossil fuel derivatives in their composition, biodetergent formulations using biosurfactants as the main active ingredient have stood out due to their hi…
Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules that decrease the surface and interfacial tension by accumulating at immiscible interfaces. In addition, they are mainly synthesized by bacteria, filamentous fungi and yeast. The interest in biosurfactants in recent years is based on their low toxicity, high biodegradability, effectiveness at extreme temperatures, pH and salinity, higher foaming an…
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There is a growing demand for sustainable bioproducts that has driven the development of biorefineries that utilize agro-industrial by-products as raw materials. Biosurfactants, in particular, stand out as environmentally friendly alternatives to synthetic surfactants due to their high biodegradability and low toxicity. Similarly, citric acid and lactic acid are valuable platform chemical…
The market for sun care cosmetics, especially sunscreens, is growing and increasingly following sustainable trends. The search for simpler, more effective, and "green" formulations, combined with the high number of skin cancer cases resulting from exposure to UV radiation, has become a recurrent topic in both industrial and academic sectors. As an alternative to synthetic surfactants, whi…
Much interest has been brought to fungal colorants owing to their broad-spectrum of industrial applications coupled with their pharmacological potential. There are many opportunities aiming the valorization of the bio-based colorants, including new chemical structures with pharmacological value identification for the development of high-value niche markets. Even though these compounds are…
The technological improvement of processes aimed to the use of plant residues for the generation of high value-added products is an area of increasing attention for enabling the implementation of biorefineries around the globe. To this end, there are many efforts to promote the use of lignocellulosic biomass for the prospection of sugars that can be used for the production of bioproducts …
Brazil has been experiencing a moment of extreme attention in public health and agriculture. Cases of dengue, chikungunya and zika have increased vertiginously year after year, causing concern in the public health authorities and society. In addition, recently, the Brazilian government has released the use of some pesticides with toxicity relevant to living things and the environment. The…
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