Mini-curriculum

Graduated in Food Engineering from the State University of Campinas (1990), a Master's degree in Food Engineering (1996), a PhD (2003) in Food Science from the same university and a postdoctoral degree in Food Safety Control (2011) from the London South Bank University (LSBU) in London, UK. She worked as an engineer for the development of biotechnological processes at CODETEC (Company of Technological Development) between 1990 and 1993. In 2008, she began her academic career as an adjunct professor at the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD) in the Food Engineering course and, in 2009 was part of the research team at the Embrapa Vegetables Center. Works at the Food Science and Technology Laboratory (LCTA) with emphasis on vegetables, working mainly on the following topics: Food safety; characterization and identification of functional compounds in plants; dehydration, canning and fermentation processes; development of new products with functional properties; microbiological control in vegetables; elaboration of technical regulations for integrated production (IP) with MAPA (Ministry of agriculture).

Education

1985 - 1990

Graduação em Engenharia de Alimentos

UNICAMP

Obtained year: 1990

1993 - 1996

Mestrado em Ciência de alimentos - Capes 7

UNICAMP

Title: Contribuição dos parâmetros cinéticos de fermentação por Beijerinckia sp

Obtained year: 1996

Advisor: Adilma Regina Pippa Scamparini

1997 - 2000

Doutorado em Ciências de Alimentos - Capes 7

UNICAMP

Title: PRODUÇÃO DE CAROTENÓIDES POR LEVEDURAS

Obtained year: 2000

Advisor: Adilma Regina Pippa Scamparini

2011 -

Pós-Doutorado em

London South Bank University

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Food Science and 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: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Food Science and Technology / Subárea: Food security
4. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Food Science and Technology / Subárea: Food engineering / Especialidade: Engenharia Bioquímica
5. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Food Science and Technology / Subárea: Food Technology / Especialidade: Utilization of Byproducts
6. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Food Science and Technology / Subárea: Food science / Especialidade: Nutritional Value of Foods