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Graduated in Biological Sciences (UERJ), Master in Biochemistry (UFRJ) and in Biochemical Engineering (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology / UMIST, Manchester, UK), PhD in Biochemical Engineering (UMIST) and Post-Doctorate at Biology Department / Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Cambridge, USA). She is a Professor at  Biochemistry Department / Institute of Chemistry (UFRJ) and coordinator of Laboratory of Enzymatic Technology at the same institution and coordinator of Bioethanol Laboratory IQ-COPPE/UFRJ. She works in the areas of Applied Microbiology, Biocatalysis with emphasis on the production and use of industrial and special enzymes and on the processing of biomass by biotechnological routes. She has coordinated research projects involving networks of national and international laboratories, as well as bilateral collaboration projects with Portugal, Germany, Sweden and Japan. She develops projects in collaboration with the National Institute of Technology (MCTIC) and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. She is the coordinator of the Project, Scheduling the production of cellulolytic and accessory enzymes and their use in the hydrolysis of sugarcane biomass and other pre-treated biomasses, Project BIOETHANOL 2, financed by FINEP. She also works in the area of ​​Science and Technology policies, having structured and organized several editions of the ENZITEC event. Additionally, she participated in the activities of the Federal Government Biotechnology Forum, contracted by the CGEE in the area of ​​Industrial and Special Enzymes.

Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1984), master’s degree in Chemical and biochemical process Technology by Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1988) and PhD in biochemistry by Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1996). She is currently a full professor at the Institute of Chemistry/Biochemistry Department of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Research and graduate dean of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She has been working in the area of production of Bioproducts by fermentation processes, Biocatalysis and environmental technology for about 34 years. She has Index H = 40 (ISI) and 46 (Scopus), 222 publications in indexed international journals, 12 book chapters and 34 patents. Three of her patents are granted and another was licensed for use in remediation of soil by IBAMA in 2013.

Dr. Maria Isabel has Master and Doctor degreed in Food Engineering from the Faculty of Food Engineering (FEA-UNICAMP) having part of her Master’s degree in Toulouse – France and part of the Doctor in Reading – England. She has been a professor at FEA since 1989 dedicated to the teaching and application of the statistical tool Planning of Experiments and Process Optimization, also known as DOE (Design of Experiments). She published the book “Planning Experiments and Process Optimization” (2005), together with Prof. Dr. Antonio Francisco Lemma, head of statistics at ESALQ. Launched the Protimiza Experimental Design software for data processing and the book in the English version by CRC Press Francis & Taylor (2014). In 2009 she retired from UNICAMP to form the company PROTIMIZA and dedicate herself exclusively to in-company training and consultant in the use of this tool in product and process development in several companies, universities and institutions, such as: NATURA, UNILEVER, CRISTÁLIA PHARMOQUÍMICA, LIBBS Pharmaceuticals, FIOCRUZ, CARGILL, AJINOMOTO, DuPont, EMS Pharmaceuticals, Natulab Pharmaceuticals, Inovatt-União Química, Gelco (Colombia), Procaps (Colombia), FastAgro, Genic, Nitroquímica, CTC – Sugarcane Technology Center, PEPSICO, PETROBRÁS Replan, PETROBRÁS Cenpes, BRF, RAÍZEN, CTA – Institute of Aeronautics and Space, EMBRAPA Agroenergia – Brasília, DANISCO, DOW , BOSCH, BRASKEM, BUNGE, DIXIE-TOGA/BEMIS, Merck, IBMP, Senai, SUZANO, KRAFT FOODS, SADIA, DIAGEO, KIENAST & KRATSCHMER LTDA, NOVARTIS BIOCIENCIAS, OUROFINO AGRONEGÓCIOS, AÇUCAREIRA QUATÁ SA, EMBRAP Biovalens, A-RJ, Sales de Jujuy, UFRJ, UFSCAR, UFSC, UFMG, UFBA, UFS, UEFS, UNAD-Colombia, UNJU-Argentina, UTFPR, UFPA, IFMA, UFRN.

Graduate in Chemical Engineering atthe Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1980), a Master degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of São Paulo (1990), PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, USA (1995) and Post-Doctorate at the University of Aachen, Germany (2009). He worked at the São Paulo State TechnologicalResearchInstitute (IPT) and at the Joinville Biotechnology Development Center (CDB). He is currently a Full Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering at UFSC and a CNPqResearcher level 1. He has already held several administrative positions at UFSC, such as: Head of Department, Coordinator of the Undergraduate Course, Deputy Dean of Graduate Studies and Dean of Graduate Studies. He was President of the Latin American Society for Environmental and Algae Biotechnology (SOLABIAA) and Coordinator of a Human Resources Program of the National Petroleum Agency (PRH / ANP 11). He has been working in the Biological Waste Treatment area for 40 years, mainly on the following topics: Anaerobic digestion of industrial effluents; Biological nutrients removal (C, N and S); Microbial Enhenced Oil Recovery by Microbial Methods (MEOR); Microbial Biofuel Cells; and Biodegradation of emerging pollutants.

JORGE ALBERTO VIEIRA COSTA completed his doctorate in Food Engineering at the State University of Campinas in 1996. He is currently a Full Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), advisor in the postgraduate program in Bioprocess and Biotechnology Engineering at the Federal University of Paraná. He is a 1-B research productivity fellow. He has published more than 270 articles in specialized periodicals and more than 750 works in event proceedings. It has 25 published book chapters and 26 technological products, of which 24 are registered and patented. It has 133 articles in Web of Science (3,495 citations and factor H = 29), 201 articles in Scopus (3,936 citations and factor H = 29) and 11,775 citations and factor H = 52 in Google Scholar.

Mara G. Freire is a Researcher at CIECO (Centre for Research in Ceramics and Composite Materials) of the Chemistry Departament, University of Aveiro, Portugal and Coordinator of Biomedical and Biomimetic Materials Group. She is Vice-President of the Scientific Council of the University of Aveiro, member of the Seminar of Young Scientists from the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, and co-founder of the spin-off RYAPURTECH. Besides to other projects and awards, she was awarded two European Research Council (ERC) scholarships. She has published over 250 scientific articles, with an h factor of 67 and +14000 citations. Her main research interests is related with the development of sustainable separation platforms for value-added compounds with therapeutic applications.

Ana Tereza Vasconcelos is currently a researcher of the Bioinformatics Laboratory at the National Scientific Computing Laboratory / MCTI, accredited professor at the Department of Genetics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Scientist of the State of Rio de Janeiro. She is currently the first vice president of the Federation of Associations for the Advancement of Science in the Americas. She has experience in Genomics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, being the coordinator of the Fluminense Network of Omics at COVID-19.

Igor Polikarpov is a Full Professor of the Institute of Physics in Sao Carlos (IFSC), The University of São Paulo (USP) and coordinator of the Center for Renewable Energies and Environment (poloTErRA/USP-São Carlos). His main scientific interests are centered at Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics and their applications in Biotechnology. Igor Polikarpov graduated in Physics (Belorussian State University, 1983), did his PhD at the same University (1989), and post-docs at the Latvian Academy of Science (1991), Max-Planck Gesselschaft (Hamburg, c/o DESY, 1993) and the University of Edinburgh (1995). Published over 300 scientific papers, which were cited more than 11,000 times, resulting in h-factor of 54 (Google Scholar). Igor Polikarpov coordinated joint scientific projects between Brazil and European Union (FP7); Brazil and UK (FAPESP-RCUK); Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay (CBAB/CNPq), Brazil and India (CNPq/DBT) and is coordinating collaborative project with Belgium (FAPESP-FNRS). He also developed scientific collaborations with biotechnological and pharmaceutical companies and was heavily involved in construction, installation and operation of protein crystallography beamlines MX-1 & MX-2 at the Brazilian National Synchrotron Laboratory/LNLS, Campinas, Brazil. He was an Honorary Professor of the University of Bath (2016-2019) and University of York (2015-2020). Igor Polikarpov was one of the proponents of the Integrated PhD Program in Bioenergy (joint graduate course of three São Paulo State Universities: USP, UNESP and UNICAMP). Igor Polikarpov is a Commander of the Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit and a Member of São Paulo State Academy of Sciences.