speaker
Dr. FERNANDO GOMES DE SOUZA

Professor,
Jr. Macromolecules Institute
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
BR-21941598 Rio de Janeiro
RJ, Brazil.

Title of talk: Polyesters as Multi-platform Materials Improving Quality of Life.

Personal Information

Expertise focused in the use of renewable resources and nanocomposites in sensors, drug delivery and environmental recovery. Coordinated more than ten research projects with financial support from Brazilian government sponsoring agencies. Published 196 scientific articles plus 3 accepted for publication during 2021. Published 8 books. Among them, 3 chemistry books in Portuguese and 3 books about Biopolymers in English. He has published more than two hundred papers in Conferences and Scientific meetings. Associate Editor of the MedCrave Online Journal (MOJ) Polymer Science (ISSN: 2574-9773) since 2017. Editor of the Academic Journal of Polymer Science (ISSN: 2641-8282), since 2018. Member of the Editorial Board of Composite Interfaces (ISSN: 0927-6440), since 2021. Member of the editorial board of Current Applied Polymer Science (ISSN 2452-2716) since 2016 and Editor-in-Chief of Current Applied Polymer Science (ISSN 2452-2716) since 2020. Professor Gomes has founded the Brazilian Journal of Experimental Design, Data Analysis and Inferential Statistics (ISSN 2763-6925) in 2021, acting as its 1st Editor-in-Chief.

Awarded twice as Young Scientist of Rio de Janeiro State (FAPERJ 2011 and 2014), Chair Professorship on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Mahatma Gandhi University – India (2018), member of Post Graduate Program in Science and Technology of Polymers of the Macromolecules Institute / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) since 2008, member of Post Graduate Program in Civil Engineering (COPPE/UFRJ) between 2015-2019 and member of Post Graduate Program in Nanotechnology (COPPE/UFRJ) since 2019. Awarded Scientist of Rio de Janeiro State (FAPERJ 2021).