Statistics
| Supervisions | Finalized |
Current |
| Undergrad Students | 30 |
5 |
| Master Students | 65 |
10 |
| PhD Students | 15 |
5 |
| Post-Docs | 6 |
3 |
| Other | 9 |
3 |
| Total | 124 |
26 |
Thesis
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Antioxidants |
| Albertina de Oliveira Costa Effect of the pasteurization process on the amount of natural antioxidants in tropical fruit pulps - acerola, cashew apple and guava. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Narendra Narain |
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| Ana Maria de Abreu Siqueira Antioxidant fibers and pectin from cashew apple bagasse. PhD in Biotechnology. Supervisor: Edy Sousa de Brito |
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| Aurelice Barbosa Oliveira Comparison of the antioxidant potential of fruits produced by conventional and organic systems. PhD in Biochemistry Supervisor: Maria Raquel Alcântara de Miranda |
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| Josenice Silva dos Santos Use of antioxidants in conservation of minimally processed mango (Mangifera indica). Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Marcelo Augusto G. Carnelossi |
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| Luciana Siqueira Oliveira Total antioxidant capacity of sapota and acerola at different stages of maturity. PhD in Biochemistry Supervisor: Maria Raquel Alcântara de Miranda |
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| Marcela Cristina Rabelo Characterization of hydrolitic enzymes of the cell wall, browning and antioxidants in tropical fruits. Master in Biochemistry Supervisor: Maria Raquel Alcântara de Miranda |
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| Mônica Maria de Almeida Lopes Quality and total antioxidant activity of the peduncles from clones of dwarf cashew tree at different stages of maturity. Master in Biochemistry Supervisor: Carlos Farley Herbster Moura |
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Aromas |
| Ana Lúcia de Jesus Leal Production of aromas by Kluyveromyces marxianus using agroindustrial residues. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Narendra Narain |
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| Karen Letícia de Santana Study of the physical, physico-chemical characteristics and profile of volatile compounds of soursop and seriguela fruits. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Narendra Narain |
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| Lilia Calheiros de Oliveira Extraction and characterization of flavors from process residues of pineapple, passion fruit and orange. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Narendra Narain |
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| Mércia de Sousa Galvão Biotechnological process development in obtaining aromas from fruit processing residues. PhD in Biotechnology. Supervisor: Narendra Narain |
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| Sheila Cristina de Oliveira Study of the volatile compounds of açai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) and cupuassu (Theobrama grandiflorum Schum.) pulps. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Narendra Narain |
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Biotechnology |
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Janaina Maria Martins Vieira Enzymatic maceration of the edible peel of cajá (Spondias mombin L.) for the extraction of carotenoids. Master in Chemical Engineering. Supervisor: Gustavo Adolfo Saavedra Pinto |
| Luis Carlos Alencar da Silva Inactivation of vegetal enzymes by ultrasound application. Master in Chemical Engineering. Supervisor: Sueli Rodrigues |
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Manuella Macedo Barbosa Enzymatic maceration combined to mechanical extraction of cashew apple bagasse. Master in Chemical Engineering. Supervisor: Edy Souza Brito |
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Williams Pereira Batista Use of vegetal waxes, specially carnaúba wax, as a source for long chain alcohols. PhD in Biotechnology. Supervisor: Edy Souza Brito |
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Drying |
| Érica Milô de Freitas Felipe Rocha Production of food powders from cashew apple juice by the process of spray-drying and freeze-drying: physical, physicochemical, morphological and hygroscopic characterization. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: José Maria Correia da Costa |
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Francisca Imilena Pereira de Oliveira Dehydration of malay apples using ultrasound technology. Master in Chemical Engineering. Supervisor: Fabiano André Narciso Fernandes |
| Francisca Imilena Pereira de Oliveira Dehydration of fruits using ultrasound technology. PhD in Chemical Engineering. Supervisor: Fabiano André Narciso Fernandes |
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| Gleison Silva Oliveira Use of freeze-drying to obtain power cajá: Evaluation of the physical, physicochemical, morphological and hygroscopic characteristics. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: José Maria Correia da Costa |
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| Holivania Maria Pereira Canuto Freeze-dried papaya: physical, physicochemical, morphological and hygroscopic characterization. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: José Maria Correia da Costa |
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| Joice Correia dos Santos Evaluation of the quality of graviola (Annona muricata L.) dehydrated by the freeze-drying process. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Narendra Narain |
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| Luis Gomes de Moura Neto Applicaton of spray-drying on the obtaintion of cajá powder: physical, physicochemical, morphological and hygroscopic characterization. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: José Maria Correia da Costa |
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| Valdeci Silva Bastos Cashew juice (Anacardium occidentale L.) powder obtained by combined dehydration processes of osmotic dehydration followed by lyophilization. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Narendra Narain |
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Food Chemistry |
| Jefferson Malveira Cavalcante Use of metabolomic and rheological techniques in thermal treatment of tropical fruit juices. Master in Chemical Engineering Supervisor: Edy Souza Brito |
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| Nadia Maria dos Santos Matos Use of fluorescence spectrometry in themal treatment of cashew apple juice. Master in Chemical Engineering Supervisor: Edy Souza Brito |
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Minimal Processing |
| Josália Liberato Rebouças Evaluaton of post-harvest shelf life of papaya var. formosa “TAINUNG 01” under refrigeration and modified atmosphere. Master in Food Science and Technology.. Supervisor: José Maria Correia da Costa |
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| Laiane Torres Silva Application of edible coatins based on sodium alginate and mango pulp for the conservation of aroma in minimal processed mangoes. Master in Phytotechnology. Supervisor: Ebenézer de Oliveira Silva |
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| Maria Edileuza de L. Andrade Post-harvest quality evaluation of “Tommy Atkins” mango subjected to pulsed ultraviolet radiation. PhD in Phytotechnology. Supervisor: Ebenézer de Oliveira Silva |
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| Priscila Ximenes Moreira Evaluaton of post-harvest shelf life of papaya produced in the Chapada do Apodi under refrigeration and modified atmosphere. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: José Maria Correia da Costa |
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| Vilson Alves de Gois Minimal processing of tropical fruits: papaya and pineapple. PhD in Phytotechnology. Supervisor: Ebenézer de Oliveira Silva |
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Phytotechnology |
| Alêssa Milena Paixão Bandeira Evaluation of new acerola trees aiming its genetic improvement. Master in Phytotechnology. Supervisor: Carlos Farley Herbster Moura |
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| Aline Ellen Duarte de Souza Creation, adaptation and validation of post-harvest technologies for papaya cultivated in the Brazilian Northeast. Master in Phytotechnology. Supervisor: Ebenézer de Oliveira Silva |
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| Ana Elisa Oliveira dos Santos Creation, adaptation and validation of post-harvest technologies for grapes cultivated in the Brazilian Northeast. Master in Phytotechnology. Supervisor: Ebenézer de Oliveira Silva |
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| Kellina Nogueira Lima Application of electrolyzed water and pulsed ultraviolet light in food security in fruits for the external market. Master in Phytotechnology. Supervisor: Maria Raquel Alcântara de Miranda |
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| Leirson Rodrigues da Silva Physical, physicochemical and total antioxidant activity characteristics of noni fruit (Morinda citrifolia) under developtment. PhD in Phytotechnology. Supervisor: Ebenézer de Oliveira Silva |
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Pre-Biotics and Pro-Biotics |
| Ana Lucia Fernandes Pereira Production of pro-biotic cajá juice. PhD in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Sueli Rodrigues |
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| Claudia Patricia Mourão Lima Fontes Production of pre-biotic oligossacharides using fruit juices as substrate. PhD in Biotechnology. Supervisor: Sueli Rodrigues |
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| Isabel Moreira da Silva Cashew juice containing prebiotic oligosaccharides. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Sueli Rodrigues |
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Jamile Coutinho Coelho Desenvolvimento de suco de frutas próbioticos. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Sueli Rodrigues |
| Jonas Luiz Almada da Silva Production of fruit juices pre-biotic oligossacharides. PhD in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Sueli Rodrigues |
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| Masu Capistrano Camurça Portela Production of functional died ice cream from goat milk with pro-biotic oligossacharides obtained from tropical fruit juices. PhD in Biotechnology. Supervisor: Sueli Rodrigues |
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| Mayra Garcia Maia Costa Production of pro-biotic pineapple juice. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Sueli Rodrigues |
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| Thatyane Vidal Fonteles Production of pro-biotic melon juice. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Sueli Rodrigues |
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Product Development |
| Raquel Anne Ribeiro dos Santos Development and characterization of jams from caja-umbu (Spondias sp.) and mangaba (Hancornia speciosa Gomes) fruits. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Narendra Narain |
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| Suzane Macêdo Araújo Process optimization for elaboration of fermented beverages from cashew apple juice. Master in Food Science and Technology. Supervisor: Narendra Narain |
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| Williams Pereira Batista Use of industrial residues of bacuri (Platonia insignis) to obtain extracts, pectin and nanofibers. PhD in Biotechnology. Supervisor: Edy Souza Brito |