Rafael Resende Assis Silva

Mr. Rafael Resende Assis Silva

Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Biography

PhD student at the Materials Science and Engineering program at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in partnership with EMBRAPA Instrumentation, under the guidance of Prof. doctor Luiz Henrique Capparelli Mattoso. Master (2020) in Food Science and Technology from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) and Food Engineer (2018) from the Federal University of São João Del Rei (UFSJ). His main scientific interests involve science of polymers, biopolymers, food packaging with emphasis on biopolymers; smart and/or active packaging, colorimetric sensors, inclusion complexes in cyclodextrins, nanoencapsulation and materials characterization. He is currently a researcher at Tyndall National Institute (Cork, Ireland) under the supervision of Dr. Daniela Iacopino and a doctoral student in the Materials Science and Engineering program at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in partnership with EMBRAPA Instrumentation, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Luiz Henrique Capparelli Mattoso. He is engaged in research projects with challenges of increasing the charge density on the surface of Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENGs) coupled with device integration and reduction of environmental impact.

Affiliations

Federal University of São Carlos

São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Honors and Awards

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Highlight of the XXIII Scientific Initiation Week

Federal University of São João Del-Rei

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Honorable Mention for Paper Presentation

Latin American Symposium on Food Science - SLACA

Honorable Mention to the referred work Optimization of molecular recognition of bioactive compounds by molecularly imprinted polymer of Hydroxypropyl-B-Cyclodextrin, SLACA, 2019.

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