Editors

About the Editor

About the Series Editor

Professor Carlos Ricardo Soccol is a research group leader within the Department of Bioprocesses Engineering and Biotechnology (DEBB) at the Federal University of Paraná. Professor Soccol has experience in bioprocessing/biological engineering, industrial biotechnology, biofuel technology, applied microbiology and fermentation technology. His research conducted to date has resulted in 1.343 publications, including 110 patents, 28 books, 175 book chapters, 440 original papers and 590 research communications at conferences/symposia. His research articles have so far been cited more than 30.260 times on Google Scholar (H-index = 81). He has also successfully supervised 85 doctoral students, 135 master's students, and 24 post-doctoral students. In 2001, he joined the University of Marseille-France as Professor Habilitation à diriger des recherches in Agri-Foods Biotechnology. He was visiting professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (2009), University Lille 1-France (2014) and University Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand-France (2015). He has received several national and international awards, including the Science and Technology award of the Government of Paraná (1996), Best Scientific Achievement of the Year 2001 by Ministry of Sugar of Cuba (MINAZ), The Scopus/Elsevier Award (2009), Dr Honoris Causa, University Blaise Pascal-France (2010), Outstanding Scientist at 5th International Conference on Industrial Bioprocesses, Taipei, Taiwan, Henri Nestlé Award - Nestlé, Brazil (2014), Scientist of the Year - Nanocell Institute (2017), Medal of Scientific Merit by Ministry Science Technology and  Innovation - Brazilian Government (2018). Since 2014, Professor Soccol is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and editor-in-chief of the Journal Biotechnology Research Innovation. He also holds the position of scientist IA of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq, Brazil. He is a technical and scientific consultant of several companies, agencies and co-editor and editorial board member of several scientific journals.

Advisory Editorial Board Members

Ashok Pandey (National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, India)

Christian Larroche (University of Auvergne, France)

Claude-Gilles Dussap (University of Auvergne, France)

Gonçalo Perreira (State University of Campinas, Brazil)

Helene Treichel (Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Brazil)

Ivan N. Zorov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

Kugen Permaul (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)

Nicolaus Dahmen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)

Founders of the series

Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)

Dr. Maria G. Tuohy (National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland)