Viridiana Santana Ferreira
National Institute of Technology, Brazil
Biography
Viridiana Ferreira-Leitão is Senior Researcher at Biocatalysis Laboratory at the National Institute of Technology, research unit of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. She is also Professor at the Graduation Program in Biochemistry at the Chemistry Institute at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Her research interests involve: enzymatic conversion of renewable substrates into chemicals, lignocellulose processing for ethanol or chemicals production, the use of microorganisms and enzymes as catalysts in hydrolytic or oxidative reactions and biological hydrogen production. Additionally, she published many scientific papers in indexed journals and several books chapters.
Abstract
Abstract : Biological Hydrogen production from different waste materials