Research group

Prof. Dr. Mauri Sergio Alves Palma

Prof. Palma hold a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (1983), Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (1991), PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (2002), post-doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (2002-2004), post-doctorate at the Institute of Water Quality and Control at the Technical University of Munich (2009-2010) and Associate Professor (2019). Since 2004 is Professor of the Department of Biochemical-Pharmaceutical Technology of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of São Paulo. Prof. Palma has extensive experience in the area of Chemical Engineering with emphasis in Chemical Reactors and Separation Operations working with the treatment of industrial effluents. Ongoing research projects is related to the transposition of the syntheses of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients from the batch to the flow process in capillary microreactors aimed at intensifying the process, reducing costs and waste generation. Prof. Palma has technical and scientific collaboration with Prof. Bart from the Chair of Separation Science Technology at the University of Kaiserslautern, Prof. Till Opatz from of the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, and Dr. Thomas Rehm from Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM, Mainz, Germany and Dr. Agostino Cilibrizzi, from Kings College London, who visited from 7^th to 17^th of November 2022 for academic and technical purposes. Prof. Palma supervised 3 PhD students, being one of them with dual certificate with the University of Genova, Italy and 11 MSc. Students. Currently supervises 2 PhD students, 2 Post Doc and published 39 scientific papers.

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Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2805-4532

Dr. Renan R. O. Silva

Dr. Renan hold a technology degree in Environmental Management (2010) and a bachelor degree in Technological Chemistry (2014) from the Catholic University of Santos (Unisantos), master’s degree (2017) and Doctorate (2023) at the Department of Biochemical-Pharmaceutical Technology from School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of University of São Paulo (FBT / FCF / USP). He is currently also a postdoctoral fellow at FBT / FCF / USP. Abroad, Dr. Renan completed the doctorate sandwich at the Kings College London, United Kingdom, where he worked with synthesis of new chelating compounds of the hydroxypyridinone class. Dr. Renan also did internship at the Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici in Florence, Italy, working with synthesis and characterization of ligands of selected phosphine and their corresponding metal complexes, at the University of Kaiserslautern, in Germany, developing studies about liquid-liquid extraction in flow process using microdevices and at Eindhoven University of Technology, in Netherlands, deepening its knowledge about organic synthesis in flow conditions using microreactors. His area of activity encompasses the application of microreactor technology in drug synthesis, transposition of batch processes to continuous flow processes, synthesis of new molecules with pharmacological potential and concepts of green chemistry applied to drug synthesis.

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Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-0714

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Dr. Paulo Victor Cuesta Calvo

PhD in Sciences (2021) from School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (FCF/USP), bachelors in Chemical Engineering (2018) from Faculdades Oswaldo Cruz and technician in Chemistry from Oswaldo Cruz Technical School (2013). Currently a postdoctoral researcher at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo (FCF/USP) and a law student at Paulista University (UNIP). Works on the following topics: microreactors, flow chemistry, process intensification, organic synthesis, green chemistry, HPLC-UV, HPLC-MS and GC-FID.

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Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7774-7765

 

Paula Almeida Meira

Paula holds a Bachelors degree in Food Engineering from Faculdade de Tecnologia Termomecanica (2020). Since 2021, Paula has been conducting her Ph.D. research at the Department of Biochemical-Pharmaceutical Technology from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of University of São Paulo (FBT/FCF/USP). Her research focuses on exploring unconventional technologies for heat treating low-viscosity food. Her interests lie in investigating enzymatic and chemical inactivation phenomena, thermal and non-thermal processing studies, heat transfer mechanisms and continuous flow processes.

Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7803-8365
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Luis Kramer 

Luis Kramer is a German student. Following his visit to the Biotechnical School in Friedrichshafen, he wanted to deepen his understanding of the field. Currently, he is pursuing a degree in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at the University of Applied Sciences in Biberach, Germany. As part of his studies in Germany Luis embarked on a practical semester and Bachelor’s thesis abroad at the Pharmaceutical School of the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil. In São Paulo, he is actively engaged in research at the microractor laboratory, where he is gaining hands-on expertise in a field of his Biotechnology study and also an international experience.