Mini-curriculum

Antonio Gomes Soares finished his PhD in Food Science from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 2003. He has been a Senior Researcher of Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos for 37 years. Between 1985 and 2018 participated in 20 research projects, and coordinated 14 of these. His research area is Food Science and Technology, with emphasis on Food Quality Assessment and Control and Post-Harvest Technology for Fruits and Vegetables. He was in technical manager for the Food Quality Control Area of Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos between 1992 and 1996. He is the technical substitute manager for the Post-Harvest Plant V and the Post-Harvest Physiology and Technology laboratory of Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos. He was a co-leader in the development of innovative packaging for fruits and vegetables, financed by the BNDES, where packaging prototypes were developed for mango, papaya, persimmon, strawberry and minimally processed peach palm tree. He developed coating technology for green coconut and transferred to a Petrolina-Pe green coconut farmer that allowed to increase the shelf life up to 40 days and export the green coconut to Europe. He developed the edible coating for minimally processed heart of palm tree, increasing the shelf life up to 21 days. He developed handling technology and installed equipment for selection and classification of fresh persimmon in a farm located in São José do Vale do Rio Preto, RJ, allowing a 110% increase in the sale and profitability of the farmer?s business. He has been giving lectures and technical courses for nutrition, agronomic engineering and chemistry graduate and postgraduate students or technical professionals.

Education

1980 - 1983

Graduação em Química

Faculdade de Humanidades Pedro II

Title: Licenciatura e Bacharelado em Química

Obtained year: 1983

1988 - 1990

Mestrado em Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Title: Propriedades termodinâmicas de um produto de cenoura (Daucus carota, L.) obtido por desidratação osmótica

Obtained year: 1990

Advisor: Antonio Tavares da Silva

2000 - 2003

Doutorado em Ciência de Alimentos

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Title: QUALIDADE PÓS-COLHEITA DOS FRUTOS DO ABACAXIZEIRO (Ananas comosus L. Merril) ADUBADOS EM DIFERENTES NÍVEIS DE POTÁSSIO

Obtained year: 2003

Advisor: Luiz Carlos Trugo

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Food Science and Technology / Subárea: Food science / Especialidade: Food Quality Assessment and Control
2. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Food Science and Technology / Subárea: Food science / Especialidade: Post-Harvest Physiology
3. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Food Science and Technology / Subárea: Food science / Especialidade: Chemistry, Physics, Physicochemistry, and Biochemistry of Raw Food Materials