(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

Dulcineia Ferreira Wessel. PhD in Chemistry and a Master in Material Engineering (University of Aveiro, Portugal). Assistant Professor and researcher at Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (PV). Formerly director of the Department of Food Industries (2006-2008) and Vice-President of the Agrarian Executive Council. Responsible Researcher (2006–2009) of PTDC/AGR-ALI/74587/2006 DRIED PEAR “Promotion of dried pear with scientific methodology”; Coordinator at PV (2013–2015) of QREN PROFITAPPLE; (2017-2020) MOBFOOD; (2017-2020) PDR2020-1.0.1-FEDER-032314-WASTE2VALUE “Valuation of agricultural by-products for animal feed, biodegradable plastics and treatment of animal effluents"; (2018-2021) BAGACONVALOR.