Bioprospection of Co-products and Agro-industrial Wastes

Dr. Joilane Alves Pereira Freire is a Professor at the Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Piaui, Picos-Piaui, Brazil. Her research area includes food biotechnology, tests of toxicity of natural products and natural resources with potential applications in the development of new food ingredients. Leader of the Research Group on Bioprospecting, Biotechnology and Innovation of natural products (BBIPN). She has published 34 research papers in national and international journals and edited/authored 11 books and 1 patent.

Dr. Stella Regina A. Medeiros is a Professor at the Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Piaui, Picos-Piaui, Brazil. Her research area includes food biotechnology, natural resources with potential applications in the development of functional foods. She has published more than 40 research papers in national and international journals. In addition, has edited/authored more than 31 books/chapters from eminent national publishers and also 10 patent applications.

Dr. Jailane de Souza Aquino is a Professor at the Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Paraiba, Joao Pessoa-Paraiba, Brazil. She is the Head Researcher of Experimental Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Nutrition, UFPB, Brazil. She is a member of the IFMSA - Score Research Exchange, acting as an advisor to medical students on exchange in Brazil. She is a member of the International Society for Developmental origins of health and disease - DOHaD. Leader of the Research Group on Food, Bioactives and Nutrition: on health and disease-from pregnancy to senescence (GPABiN). She has published more than 75 research papers in national and international journals. In addition, she has edited/authored 6 books and 4 patents. She has CNPq Research Productivity Scholarship - level 2.

Dr. Chistiane M. Feitosa is a Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina-Piaui, Brazil. Her research area includes pharmacology, natural products and their secondary metabolites with the potential for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and antimicrobials. She has published more than 55 research papers in national and international journals. In addition, she has edited/authored more than 12 books/chapters from eminent publishers like CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, and also 5 patents.

Dr. Mahendra Rai is presently a visiting Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland. Formerly he was Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Maharashtra state, India. He was a visiting scientist at the University of Geneva, Debrecen University, Hungary; University of Campinas, Brazil; VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic and National University of Rosario, Argentina and the University of Sao Paulo. He has published more than 425 research papers in national and international journals. In addition, he has edited/authored more than 69 books and 6 patents. Recently, he has been featured in Stanford's list of the top 2% of scientists under Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.