Erica Dutra Albuquerque's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Graduated in Biological Sciences (2004). Attained a master's degree in Agronomy (2007). PhD in Biotechnology (2013) at Federal University of Espirito Santo, with parts of the thesis developed at KU Leuven (Belgium) and Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands). Contract researcher working for the mining company Vale (2011-2013). Currently a postdoc in Molecular Biotechnology at Leiden University (The Netherlands). Experience in Biotechnology, mainly in the following areas: Biotechnology of plant (plant fibres and lignocellulosic hydrolysis) and microorganisms (bioethanol and enzyme productions); second generation biofuels and lignocellulolytic enzymes. Awarded with a gold medal for the best work on Environment at the International Finex Meeting (Iran), which was also honored by the mayor of Vitoria-Brazil (2013). Recently researcher in an European project (ERA-IB) as designer of enzymes to breakdown lignocellulolytic waste for bioethanol production.Postdoc in Microbiology and Molecular Biotechnology @ Biofuel research Postdoc project: “INCREASE – INcrement of Commercial lignocellulase by REcombination of Aspergillus and Streptomyces Enzymes” (2013-2015): Focus on the improvement of enzymes for bioethanol production from biomass. Participation in FilaZyme project from ERA-IB Function: Design of chimerical enzymes. From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Plant Physiology - Teacher of Biology degree @ From February 2009 to June 2015 (6 years 5 months) Manhuaçu Area, BrazilCoordinator and Teacher of Environmental Management degree @ Coordinator and Teacher From August 2013 to December 2013 (5 months) PhD in Biotechnology and researcher for a project of Vale company @ 2011 – 2013 Project: Development of Organic Binder from Coconut Husk Residues Company: VALE – Financial Support Coordinator: Antonio Alberto Ribeiro Fernandes Function: Researcher From September 2011 to September 2013 (2 years 1 month) Vitória Area, BrazilPhD in Biotechnology @ Enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose residues (coconut husk) by making use of high hydrostatic pressure and lignocellulase for ethanol production http://portais4.ufes.br/posgrad/teses/tese_6402_Tese_%C9rica%20Dutra%20Albuquerque.pdf PhD with honor title Email: [email protected]; [email protected] From March 2009 to March 2013 (4 years 1 month) Research's Internship and Bioinformatics Course (certificate at PhD level) @ Bioinformatics Course and Intership From October 2012 to February 2013 (5 months) Nijmegen Area, NetherlandsResearch's Internship @ Process of Saccharification and Fermentation of Lignocellulose and Transformation in S. cerevisiae Supervisor: Johan Thevelein From October 2011 to October 2011 (1 month) Biology Molecular and Genetics - Teacher of Biology degree @ From 2009 to August 2009 (less than a year) Post Doc in Microbiology and Molecular Biotechnology, Lignocellulase, Gene Design, Fungal Gene Expression, Bacterial Gene Expression @ Leiden University From 2014 to 2016 Internship at CMBI and Applied Bioinformatics Course, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics @ Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen From 2012 to 2013 PhD in Biotechnology, Hydrolysis of Coconut Husk by making use of Lignocellulase and HHP for Bioethanol production, Production of 2 patents @ Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo From 2009 to 2013 Master's degree, Plant Production @ Universidade Federal de Alagoas From 2005 to 2007 Erica Dutra Albuquerque is skilled in: Bioinformática, Genética, Biologia molecular, Pesquisa, Bioquímica, PCR (Reação em cadeia da polimerase), Biologia, Ciências, Lignocellulase production, Fermentation, Applied Bioinformatics, Applied Microbiology, Saccharification, hydrolysis of lignocellulose and derivates, Isolation of microorganisms, Lignocellulase activities