Dr. Amauri Rosenthal is a Researcher at the Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos. He is a food Engineer (1982) with a master's degree (1988) from the State University of Campinas and a PhD from the University of Reading (England, 1996). He is also an Honorary Vice-President of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural Engineering), Honorary Chair of the Technical Committee of the Food and Bioprocess Engineering Section and Chair of the Working Group on Food Safety of that entity, and a Representative of Brazil (National Deputy) at ISEKI (Integrating Food Science and Engineering Knowledge Into the Food Chain - Food Association) and Brazilian Ambassador of the Global Harmonization Initiative (Advocating Science-Based Food Safety Law and Food Trade). He has several publications in international and national journals, including an outstanding impact index and Qualis, focusing mainly on high-pressure and thermal processes applied to fruit, meat, dairy, and fish products.