Lidiane Maria Andrade

Msc Lidiane Maria de Andrade is graduated in Chemistry in 2004 and obtained her Msc degree in Physico-Chemical Sciences Chemistry in 2007 both by Chemical Institute of Sao Carlos at the University of Sao Paulo (IQSC/USP). She has experience in several chemical areas as alternative energy, ethanol steam reforming, hydrogen production, heterogeneous catalysis, HDT - HDS and HDN reactions. During 2,5 years she was a member of the Refining Alternative Technologies Laboratory (LABTAR/CQMA/IPEN) – in a project for Processing Heavy Oil using Microwave Technology funded by PETROBRÁS. Currently she is doing her PhD degree in Chemical Engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo State (POLI/USP) in the production of microalgae and characterization of its composition by mass spectrometry, more specifically Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization – (MALDI-MS).