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Prof. João Paulo Ferreira has a diploma in Chemical Engineering from Porto University, 1987, and a Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. He is assistant professor at ESB-UCP since 1993, and currently he is the main lecturer of 5 curricular units, at both BSc. and MSc. Levels. He was the coordinator of the MSc. program in Biomedical Engineering at ESB-UCP, as well as of the same specialization of the BSc. degree in Bioengineering, for 10 years. Presently, he is ERASMUS coordinator of ESB. In research, he develops projects in dairy science and technology, coffee technology, and other applied food science projects. He has also led several projects on the biomedical field, such as in controlled release technology, production of recombinant antibodies, microemulsions, and applied protein chemistry. His publications include several scientific articles in the above fields, as well as pedagogical articles in Biochemistry and in Thermodynamics; he is also the author of a textbook Thermodynamics.