Cláudia C. Pessoa
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia-UNL, Portugal
Biography
Cláudia Pessoa has a background formation of both Biochemistry and Production Technologies and Agro-Industrial Transformation. Currently a PhD student in Agroindustrial Technologies, and following the work developed in the masters, revolving around the use of foliar applications as a way to increase calcium in Rocha pear (Pyrus communis L.), presently, her research area focuses around functional foods, in order to minimize mineral deficits in human diet. This work entails contact with techniques related to the evaluation of quality parameters in fruits and vegetables throughout their development and post-harvest phase, as well as mineral localization and characterization with different X-ray fluorescence spectrometry techniques.