Dr. Alexsandro Sobreira Galdino has been an associate professor III of Biotechnology at Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei since 2010. He gained his undergraduate biologist degree from Universidade Federal do Ceara in 2000, completing a master's in Biochemistry at Universidade Federal do Ceara (2001–2002). He subsequently was a substitute professor of Biology at Universidade Federal do Ceara (2003). He completed a PhD in Molecular Biology at Universidade de Brasilia (2004–2008) and subsequently pursued a post-doctoral position in Applied Immunology, working with the expression and purification of novel recombinant antigens for immunological diagnosis kits.  He researches the production of recombinant proteins such as enzymes for several biotech industries and antigens to develop immunological diagnosis kits (Lateral Flow/ELISA/Latex) with University/Industry collaborations. In 2016, he founded a start-up called Chimera Diagnostics, for animal and human health, to produce accurate antigens for immunological diagnosis of emergent and neglected diseases. Prof. Galdino has over 49 scientific publications, 27 book chapters, 51 patents filed, and 1 patent granted. He has H-index scores of 14 (ResearchGate), 11 (Scopus), 10 (Web of Science), and 17 (Google Scholar).