Mini-curriculum

graduate at Agronomia from Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (1990), master's at Science and Technology of the Food from Universidade Federal de Viçosa (1994) and Ph.D. at University of Nottingham in Food Sciences (2001). He has experience in Food Science and Technology focusing on vegetable processing, acting on the following subjects: extrusion cooking, starch morfology and processing, rheology, biopolymers.

Education

1986 - 1990

Graduação em Agronomia

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Obtained year: 1990

1991 - 1994

Mestrado em Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Title: Uso de farelo de arroz na produção de biscoito tipo amanteigado

Obtained year: 1994

Advisor: Renato Cruz

1998 - 2001

Doutorado em Ciência dos Alimentos

University of Nottingham

Title: Effect of sugar on the extrusion of maize and wheat

Obtained year: 2001

Advisor: John Richard Mitchell

2005 - 2006

Pós-Doutorado em

Agricultural Research Service - Eastern Regional Research Center

Obtained year: 2006

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Food Science and Technology / Subárea: Food Technology / Especialidade: Plant Product Technology
2. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Food Science and Technology / Subárea: Food science / Especialidade: Chemistry, Physics, Physicochemistry, and Biochemistry of Raw Food Materials
3. Grande área: Exact and Earth Sciences / Área: Chemistry / Subárea: Organic chemistry / Especialidade: Polymers and Colloids