CENTER FOR FOOD ANALYSIS

ABOUT

The Center for Food Analysis (NAL) was created with the purpose of supplying the need for food quality control demanded by industries, expanding and consolidating scientific knowledge in this area and training qualified human resources. It operates in the field of physical-chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology and sensory analysis of food in order to aggregate this sphere of knowledge to the university-business-society-quality interface of LADETEC. NAL is projected in Rio de Janeiro as the only analytical and molecular nucleus of reference in the private and academic sectors, inserting qualified personnel and services for technical-scientific activities focused on food.

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Coordination

Carlos Adam Conte Junior

Professor Carlos Conte from the Department of Biochemistry at the Institute of Chemistry of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Faculty Member at Harvard University (USA). CNPq Researcher (2013–present), level 1A, and "Cientista do Nosso Estado (CNE)" at FAPERJ (2014–present). Full Member of the Advisory Committee (CA) at CNPq (2023–present), Coordinator of the Nanotechnology Network at FAPERJ (2019–present), Member of the CAPES Forum "Impact of Graduate Education on the 2030 Agenda" (2024–present), and Coordinator of the Environmental Network at FAPERJ (2021–present). Served as Associate Coordinator of Academic Graduate Programs in the Veterinary Medicine area (2024–2025), integrating the Life Sciences College at CAPES; Member of the Management Committee of the PrInt Program at UFRJ’s Provost Office for Research and Graduate Studies (PR2/UFRJ) (2022–2024); Coordinator (2024–2025) and Vice-Coordinator (2019–2023) of the Graduate Program in Food Science (CAPES rating 6); Member of CAPES Committees for Qualis, APCN, PCT, and Sucupira Four-Year Evaluation (2017–2020).

Holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), training in Infectious Emergencies at the Royal Spanish Academy of Medicine, specialization in Nutrition from Stockholm University, M.Sc. in Food Science from UFRJ, Ph.D. in Inspection and Technology of Animal-Origin Foods from UFF, and Ph.D. in Veterinary Sciences (SUMMA CUM LAUDE) from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), with a sandwich period at Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum Amsterdam (VUmc). Completed postdoctoral fellowships at Karolinska Institutet (Nobel Prize Committee - Sweden) and University of California (USA).

Published over 500 scientific articles in indexed journals, 150 conference papers, 27 book chapters, and 3 patents. His scientific articles have received over 14,000 citations (h-index = 61 Google Scholar, 50 Scopus, 47 Web of Science). Has mentored/supervised 23 postdoctoral researchers, 35 Ph.D. students, 47 Master's students in graduate programs in Veterinary Medicine (UFF), Food Science (UFRJ), Health Surveillance (FIOCRUZ), and Chemistry (UFRJ); as well as 4 extension fellows, 43 undergraduate theses, and 52 scientific initiation projects at UFF and UFRJ.

Leader of two multidisciplinary research groups at CNPq. Founder and Director of the Analytical Laboratory Center (CLAn), Founder and Leader of the Food Analysis Center (NAL - LADETEC), Coordinator of the Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety Control (LaConQ - ISO 17.025), and Professor at the Laboratory of Advanced Analyses in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (LAABBM). Develops a Whole Genome project in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA-USA). Ranked Top 17 in Latin America and Top 277 in the world in the area of Food Science (AD Scientific Index - 2024). Listed among the most cited researchers in the world (Stanford-Elsevier Top Scientists List for 2024).

Editorial Board Member of Foods (IF: 5.561), PeerJ (IF: 3.061), and three other scientific journals. Reviewer for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IF: 7.422) and over 25 other scientific journals. Recipient of the Research Excellence Award from CRMV-RJ (2015), the Athos da Silveira Ramos Medal awarded by UFRJ (2023), CAPES Thesis Award 2024 (advisor), among other awards and honors.

Member of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), American Society for Microbiology (ASM), and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). Consultant for national funding agencies (CNPq, FAPERJ, FAPEMIG, FAPESB, FACEPE, FAPEMAT, FAPES, and CAPES) and international agencies (NSF (USA), FONCYT (Argentina), NWO/ZonMw (Netherlands), Adtalem (USA), and India Alliance). Provides consulting services to companies (PepsiCo, Camil, Frisa, among others), cooperatives (Coopercrama), and government bodies (PMERJ and MAPA).

Has coordinated over 30 research projects funded by private companies (Ambev, Carrefour, Petrobras, and L'Oréal) and funding agencies such as CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, FAPESP, FINEP, NSF (USA), ALBAN (European Union), and FULBRIGHT (USA). Believes that Education and Science are the pillars for sustainable social and economic development.

Father of Maria Eduarda (2013) and Nicolas (2018).