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Iramaia Angelica Neri-numa

Iramaia Angelica Neri-numa PhD

Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Food Chemistry
Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Dr. Iramaia Angelica Neri-Numa has completed her Ph.D. in Food Science at the University of Campinas. Currently, she is a researcher at the Laboratory of Bioflavor and Bioactive Compounds at the University of Campinas. She was involved in activities related to the bioprospection of secondary metabolites belonging to the Brazilian biodiversity of fruits as well as the biological role of the phenolic compounds, carotenoids, iridoids, and prebiotics. She is a member of the project COBRA a novel compound discovery pipeline for rapid and cost-effective identification of bioactive with health benefits from Brazilian crops, being conducted in strong international cooperation with the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), the University of Copenhagen (UoC), the Technical University of Denmark and the Ultraman (Brazil). She also has some relevant works published in reputed journals and book chapters.