Analytical Techniques and Methods for Biomass

Dr. Silvio Vaz Jr. holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry with technological assignments (applied chemistry) from the Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil), a M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry and a D.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of São Paulo, and PhD equivalence diplomas from the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and from University of Granada (Spain). He was the founder and managing partner of two chemical analysis and consulting companies (Solução Ambiental and Hidrolisis, Brazil). He is currently a senior scientist at Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa, Brazil). He has experience in several areas of Chemistry, working on the following topics: analytical & environmental chemistry; renewable chemistry; green chemistry; agricultural chemistry; and technological/industrial chemistry. He is coordinator of R&D&I projects nationally and internationally. He is author, co-author and editor of articles, books and chapters, and patents. He is past president of the ACS Brazil Chapter of the American Chemical Society. He is the leader of the Embrapa/CNPq research group in renewable chemistry. He is the winner of two editions of the Kurt Politzer Prize of the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association (new enterprise category 2008 and researcher 2011 category). He is a member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition of the World Bank. He serves as professor of the graduate program in Environmental Engineering at Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil, and of the graduate programme in Biofuels (Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil); he serves also as collaborator of the graduate program in Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and of the graduate program in Materials Science (University of Brasília). Recently, Dr. Vaz Jr. received the Talents 2024 award from the Federal Chemistry Council (Brazil) as winner of the Industrial Chemistry/Technological Chemistry category.

• The Use of Analytical Chemistry to Understand Biomass.- Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Lignins from Different Sources and Isolation Methods for an Application as a Biobased Chemical Resource and Polymeric Material.- Analyses of Biomass Fibers by XRD, FT-IR, and NIR.- Molecular Properties and Functions of Humic Substances and Humic-Like Substances (HULIS) from Biomass and Their Transformation Products.- Mass Spectrometry for Metabolomics and Biomass Composition Analyses.- Analyses of Biomass Products by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.- Microscopy Applied In Biomass Characterization.- Analytical Strategies Using Chromatographic Methodologies to Analyze Lignocellulosic Feedstocks and their Value-Added Compounds in Biorefinery Processes.- Chemical Analysis and Characterization of Biomass for Biorefineries.- Green Analytical Chemistry for Biomass and their Products.- Analytical Chemistry for Sustainability Measurements.- Analytics for Renewable Hydrogen.- NMR-Based Metabolomics for Plant Biomass Analysis.