Full Professor, LAFER (Laboratory of Fermentation) / PPGBIOTEC (Graduate Program in Biotechnology) / PPGCF (Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences) / UEFS (State University of Feira de Santana), Av. Transnordestina, Novo Horizonte, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.

Dr. Giovani Brandão Mafra de Carvalho is a full professor at the State University of Feira de Santana – UEFS, teaching the disciplines Beverage Biotechnology and Biochemical Reactors in the Pharmaceutical Industry. He has a Post-Doctorate at the Faculty of Food Engineering, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP.