Meet the editor

Eduardo Jacob-Lopes is currently an associate professor in the Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. He has coordinated/ coordinates more than fifty research projects and/or technological development financed by public funding agencies and private initiatives. He has published more than 650 scientific

publications/communications, including 20 books, 70 book chapters, 150 original research papers, and 400 research communications at national and international conferences. He has also registered twelve patents. He is a member of the editorial board of ten journals and acts as a reviewer for several national and international journals. His research interest includes bioprocess engineering with an emphasis on microalgal biotechnology.

Leila Queiroz Zepka is currently an associate professor in the Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil. She has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. She has published more than 450 scientific publications/communications, including 18 books, 61 book chapters, 120 original research papers, 256 research communications in national and international confer-

ences, and 12 patents. She is a member of the editorial board of five journals and acts as a reviewer for several national and international journals. Her research interest includes microalgal biotechnology with an emphasis on microalgae-based products.

Rosangela Rodrigues Dias is a researcher at the Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil. Currently, she holds a junior scientist position at the Bioprocess Intensification Group (UFSM). She has published more than sixty scientific publications/communications, including one book, eighteen book chapters, fifteen original research papers, and twenty-seven research communi-

cations at national and international conferences. She acts as a reviewer for international journals. Her research interest includes microalgae biotechnology with an emphasis on microalgae-based processes and products.
