Distinguished Lecture Series : Biopolymers from Lignocellusloses as A Total For The Development of New Materials

José António Teixeira is currently Professor at Biological Engineering Department, University of Minho (since2000). He has a degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Porto (1980) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering also from University of Porto (1988). José António Teixeira has been developing his research activities in two main areas – Industrial Biotechnology (including bioprocess development for the valorization of agro-industrial residues and new design bioreactors and continuous processing) and food biotechnology (including non-conventional food processing and food nanotechnology). He supervised/supervises numerous researchers, including 52 PhD students and 25 Post-Docs. He was Principal Investigator in 39 project(s) with external financial support. He edited 6 books and published more than 600 papers in peer reviewed journals (h-index of 74 for Scopus/ISI) being named Highly Cited Researcher in 2018, 2019 and 2020).