Profa. Dra. Kelly Johana Dussán Medina

IQ - UNESP Department of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics  

He has experience in the areas of Engineering, Microbiology and Biochemistry, with an emphasis on research focused on the production of second generation ethanol, fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates, production of high added value bioproducts, such as furfural and levulinic acid, immobilization yeast and enzymes, biofuels, synthesis of magnetic nanostructures, reaction-extraction processes, simulation of chemical and biotechnological processes. Currently, he has a research project aimed at obtaining bioproducts with high added value from a by-product of the coffee production chain

Profa. Dra. Líbia Diniz Santos (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7128-5280)

Federal University of Uberlândia - UFU

She works as Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Food Engineering and Coordinator of the Fermentative and Enzymatic Processes Laboratory at UFU. He has experience in the area of ​​Chemical and Food Engineering, with an emphasis on industrial and agro-industrial Biotechnological Processes, working mainly on the following research topics: fermentative processes, enzymatic processes, coffee, beer, wine, microencapsulation, hydrolysis, flocculant yeasts and immobilizations.

Prof. Dr. Lucas Louzada Pereira (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4436-8953)

Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Espírito Santo, Ifes, Alegre campus. 

He works with research focused on quality control in agricultural production systems, process control, with a special focus on coffee farming. He works in studies of spontaneous and induced fermentation processes in coffee processing, developing research in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology, with the application of different matrices to understand the factors determining the quality of coffee. Q-Grader licensed by the Coffee Quality Institute and Scientific Coordinator of the Coffee Design Group.

Profa. Dra. Mónica P. Cala Molina (orcid.org/0000-0002-8198-726X)

Universidad de los Andes - UNIANDES

Prof. Cala Molina has made significant contributions to the research on secondary metabolites with antioxidant properties in Colombian aromatic plants since 2011. Her expertise includes utilizing GC-MS, LC-MS, and CE-MS techniques. Additionally, since 2012, she has applied high-resolution mass spectrometry-based non-targeted metabolomics and lipidomics in various research areas, including biomedical applications in breast cancer.

Prof. Dr. Pedro Luiz Lima Bertarini

Federal University of Uberlândia - UFU

Research with modeling of Telecommunications Systems, Metamaterials, Information Theory and Coding, Digital Signal Processing, Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence. He is coordinator of the Urban and Rural Technologies Laboratory (LATUR) at FEELT/UFU on the Patos de Minas campus.

Dr. Sebastián Velásquez-Suárez

Colcafé S.A.S 

PhD. in Engineering, Master in Electrical Engineering and Bachelor in Electronics Engineering from Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. More than 13 years of experience working with multinational companies/clients from the Food & Beverage (F&B), agri-tech, and RF/Microwave industries. Expertise in coffee processing technology for product development across the R&G, cold brew, concentrates and RTD categories – strategic thinking - mathematical & statistical modeling - machine learning applications – analytical thinking - experimental design - technological scouting and IP management. 

Lead Scientist at Colcafe (Coffee processing unit)- Nutresa- Food and beverage multinational with presence in the North -Central and Latin America, Europe and Asia.