Ivaldo Itabaiana Junior is a professor in the Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He obtained his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical science from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013. He has experience in biocatalysis, biotransformation, and the use of biomass for the production of bio-products of industrial interest. He is currently a CNRS researcher at UCCS and is working on the development of a new concept of hybrid catalysis for the transformation of biomass residues, e.g., pyrolysis oils, lignin, and microbial hydrolysis derivatives, into products with higher added value. His research interests include biocatalysis, enzymatic biotechnology, enzyme immobilization, and drug delivery.