LMA Coordinator
LMA Coordinator
Carolina Picone is a Professor at the Department of Engineering and Technology/FEA-Unicamp. She holds a BSc in Food Engineering (Unicamp, 2005), and MSc and Ph.D. in Food Engineering (Unicamp, 2007, 2012). Her teaching responsibilities includes Mechanical of Materials and Food Quality Control. She works with modulation and characterization of colloidal interactions in hydrogels and emulsified systems aiming bioactive encapsulation and delivery. She has experience on development and characterization of nano and microstructures composed of protein, polysaccharides and surfactants with diverse functionalities including the production of healthier and more sustainable foods and process.
Current Students
PhD Students
Effect of the addition of fillers extracted from sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) on the modulation of anthocyanin carrying properties in alginate microgels.
Ultrasound- and Microwave- assisted protein extraction of macroalgae: impacts on the techno-functional properties of extracts
Biopolymer aerogel reinforced with organic and inorganic nanofibers: Production methods for application in water remediation systems
Development of lignin-based nanocarriers for the delivery of uvaia (Eugenia pyriformis) extracts
Functionalization of zein and chitosan biofilms loaded with oregano and thyme essential oils
MSc Students
Valorization of starch production residues for protein recovery: enhancement of protein properties by ultrasound
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
Development of antimicrobial and antioxidant nanoparticles from chitosan
Uvaia seed (Eugenia pyriformis) extraction and application in the stabilization of emulsified and foam systems, assisted by ultrasound process
Angelo Eduardo Magnasco Ramirez
Exchange Student from the San Ignacio de Loyola University (Peru)
Microencapsulation of omega-3 oils using chitosan–gum Arabic complex coacervation
Study of de-emulsification methods for the recovery of wastewater and industrial effluents
Extraction of nanocellulose from guaraná residue and application in Pickering emulsions
Oregano oil incorporation into biofilms: effect of nanoencapsulation
Evaluation of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni crystallization
Hudson Evangelista Valderramos
Protein from Brazilian macroalgae: obtainig and evaluating functional properties
Development of biopolymeric nanoparticles with antimicrobial function
Evaluation of biopolymeric antimicrobial nanoparticles of lactoferrin and chitosan
Development of new additives of graphene oxide, lysozyme and lecithin with enhanced antimicrobial and mechanical properties for active food packaging applications
Effect of ionotropic gelation and electrostatic complexation on the modulation of the properties of sodium alginate-chitosan hydrogels
Marina Morais Tófili
Development of biopolymeric nanoparticles with antimicrobial function
Uvaia seeds (Eugenia pyriformis) as a new source for bioactives compounds: extraction process study
Modulation of hydrophilic bioactive release from biopolymer carriers containing vegetable proteins
Cellulose nanofibrils extraction from citrus wastes and it use as reinforcement of PLA and pectin films
Functionalization of zein-chitosan films with thyme essential oil
Enchancing the antimicrobial funcionality of chitosan by eletrostatic complexaion with gellan gum