Jonas Contiero graduated with a degree in Food Engineering from the State University of Campinas (1977), a Master's in Food Science and Technology from the University of São Paulo (1984), a PhD in Food Engineering from the State University of Campinas (1992) and a Post-Doctorate from Ohio State University (1996–1997) and has been a Full Professor since 2005. He is currently a Prof. Assistant III at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. He held the position of Vice Director (2007–2011), Director (2011–2015) and Executive Vice-Coordinator of the Bioenergy Research Institute of Unesp (IPBEN). He is currently the Coordinator Executive of IPBEN and a member of the Curator Council of ParqTec. He has experience in microbiology, with an emphasis on industrial and fermentation microbiology, working mainly on the following subjects: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, biosurfactant, lactic acid, rhamnolipids and submerged fermentation.