member · Postgraduate Students · Biorefinery, Cultivation system, Food Technology, High-added value compounds, Microalgae, Optimization process, Photobioreactors
Samanta Machado Cepeda
Contact: contact@biorefinerygroup.com
Phone: (+52) 844 416 12 38
Biorefinery lab
Sam is a PhD student in Science and Food Technology at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila.
Education
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia, 2014
Specialist, Food Science and Technology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2016 M.Sc., Food Science and Technology, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico, 2023
Honors and Awards
– 3M’s 25 Women in Science in Latin America 2025. https://3m25mujeresenlaciencia.org/Documento/25Mujeres2025_ES.pdf
– Tritium Award. Best master dissertation. School of Chemistry. Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, 2024.
– Cover of BioEnergy Research Journal (Springer) Indexed International, 2024 https://link.springer.com/journal/12155/volumes-and-issues/17-2
– Junior State Researcher. COECYT, Coahuila, 2023. https://seic.seicytcoahuila.gob.mx/search/
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6517-2805
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=58338502300
Scholar Google: https://scholar.google.com.mx/citations?hl=en&user=g52-JUAAAAAJ
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samanta-Machado-3
Researcherid: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/HKV-3522-2023
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smachadoc
Loop: https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2183024/overview
Biography:
Samanta is a chemical engineer, and food science and technology specialist, and obtained her M.Sc. in Food Science and Technology, with five years of experience in quality analysis laboratories and management of accreditation processes, fulfilling the requirements demanded by the organisms of accreditation. Experience in the implementation and monitoring of quality management systems in manufacturing plants. Skill in implementation of manufacturing processes and procedures.
Now, she is a PhD student in food science and technology. She works with endemic microalgae from Coahuila region to find compounds of high added value, such as lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, and pigments, which are of great interest for energetic, cosmetic, textile and food industries.
Her research project is: Comparative evaluation of photobioreactor configurations for the production of phycocyanin from endemic microalgal biomass by ohmic heating
Research Interests: Biorefinery, Microalgae, High-added value compounds, Photobioreactors, Cultivation system, Optimization process, Biomass, Cyanobacteria, Phycocyanin, Bubble Column Bioreactors, Ohmic Heating
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