Mini-curriculum

Dr. Rocha graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP, in 1990. Holds a master?s degree in Energy Systems Planning from UNICAMP (1993) and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering also from UNICAMP (1997). He worked as a visiting researcher at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, from 1994 to 1996 and from 1997 to 1999 at the National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, Colorado, USA. As a consultant, Dr. Rocha worked in 2000 for CENBIO-Centro Nacional de Referência em Biomassa, in São Paulo, and from 2001 to 2005, for NIPE-Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Planejamento Energético da UNICAMP, in Campinas. Co-founder of BIOWARE Tecnologia, a spin-off company of INCAMP (UNICAMP Incubator for Technology-Based Companies). He currently works for EMBRAPA Territorial Management in Campinas SP after serving at Embrapa Agroenergy in Brasília, Brazil for 9 years. He has been tauch at Fundação Getúlio Vargas Professional Master in Agribusiness since 2008. His professional and academic experience in the areas of bioenergy, focusing mainly on topics concerning biomass thermal conversion, bio-oil, pyrolysis, gasification, renewable energy and fixed and fluidized bed.

Education

1985 - 1990

Graduação em Engenharia Química

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Obtained year: 1990

1991 - 1993

Mestrado em Planejamento de Sistemas Energéticos

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Title: Potencial dos sub-Produtos da Obtenção Pirolítica de Coques para a Siderurgia

Obtained year: 1993

Advisor: Prof Dr. Carlos Alberto Luengo

1993 - 1997

Doutorado em Engenharia Mecânica

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Title: Bio-óleo obtido por hidropirólise de biomassa como percusor de materiais carbonosos

Obtained year: 1997

Advisor: Prof Dr. Carlos Alberto Luengo

1997 - 1999

Pós-Doutorado em

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Obtained year: 1999

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Forest resources and Forest Engineering / Subárea: Forest Biomass Energy
2. Grande área: Engineering / Área: Mechanical Engineering / Subárea: Thermal engineering / Especialidade: Energy Utilization
3. Grande área: Engineering / Área: Chemical Engineering / Subárea: Chemical technology / Especialidade: Coal
4. Grande área: Engineering / Área: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering / Subárea: Non-Metallic Materials / Especialidade: Extração e Transformação de Materiais
5. Grande área: Engineering / Área: Chemical Engineering / Subárea: Industrial Chemical Engineering Processes / Especialidade: Organic processes