ISSN: 2643-6027
Professor
Department of Biology
Federal University of Ceara
Brazil
Tel: +55-85-33669830
Dr. Ana Fontenele Urano Carvalho did BSc in Pharmacy at Federal University of Ceará (1976), Master's degree in Human Nutrition, University of Florida, USA (1983) and Ph.D. in Nutrition Biochemistry at Rowett Research Institute / University of Aberdeen, UK (1993). She is currently professor at the Department of Biology and accredited as a supervisor at the Graduate Program in Biochemistry, in Federal University of Ceará. She is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Brazilian Society of Biotechnology (SBBiotec) having experience in the field of Biochemistry and Chemistry, with emphasis on bioprospecting Caatinga plant species with nutritional and bioactive potential of medical and industrial significance. Her goals are to find alternative sources of food and bioactive substances to combat dengue and other diseases and develop bioproducts with high added social and environmental value. She also Works on risk assessment of molecules and biotech products (GMOs and their derivatives, and novel foods – protein isolates derived from legumes). She teaches "Comparative Animal Physiology", "Biosafety" and "Methods of Toxicity Assessment". She is a member of the editorial board of the Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, development agencies consultant to research other states and proofreader journals such as the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture, Research in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, International Journal of Pharmacy Green, Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, and others.
