Michele Greque de Morais

Dr. Michele Greque de Morais is a professor, researcher and project coordinator at the Federal University of Rio Grande since 2010. Dr. Morais is a Food Engineering graduate and developed her MSc. and PhD degrees in Engineering and Food Science at the Federal University of Rio Grande. In her thesis work, she developed research on carbon dioxide biofixation by microalgae and obtaining biopolymers for use in the development of nanofibers. Part of her PhD was developed at Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany. Dr. Morais undertook post-doctoral research in the microalgae field, obtaining of their respective bioproducts at the Federal University of Rio Grande under supervision of Prof. Dr. Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa. Dr. Morais is Research - level 2 fellow of the Brazilian Council for Research and Technological Development - CNPq, since 2011. As a lead researcher of the Microbiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, she supervises undergraduate, masters, doctorate students and post doctorates in microalgae cultivation lines and development of nanofibers. Studies of microalgae are directed towards the conditions of cultivation and extraction, purification and application of their bioproducts in biopolymers, biofuels and biocompounds for food. In the field of nanofibers, the development of nanofibers for filter membranes, scaffolds, carbon dioxide biofixation and food applications is studied.