Jose Carlos Santos Salgado graduated in Biological Sciences from the Faculty of Philosophy, Science and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, FFCLRP, University of São Paulo, USP (2010) and has a Master's degree in Biological Sciences (Comparative Biology) from the same institution (2012) and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Ribeirão Preto Medical School, FMRP, USP (2016). He currently works as a Researcher (Post-Doctorate) in Macromolecular Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Philosophy, Science and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, FFCLRP, University of São Paulo, USP (since 2017). He has experience in microbiology and molecular biology, the biochemistry of microorganisms (with an emphasis on thermophilic and mesophilic fungi), lignocellulosic-material-degrading enzymes, the heterologous expression of proteins, and the expression and co-expression of recombinant enzymes and protein engineering.