Prof Carlos Ricardo Soccol is full Professor and research group leader of Department of Bioprocesses Engineering and Biotechnology at UFPR-Brazil. Professor Soccol has experience in bioprocesses/biological engineering, food biotechnology, industrial biotechnology. The research carried out till-date has credited him with 1,385 publications, including patents (108), books (31), book chapters (168), original papers (488) and research communications in conferences/symposia (590). His research articles have so far been cited more than 35,725 times according to Google Scholar. He received several national and international awards, including the Science and Technology award of the Government of Paraná (1996), Best Scientific Achievement of the Year 2001 by Ministry of Sugar of Cuba, The Scopus/Elsevier Award (2009), Dr Honoris Causa, University Blaise Pascal-France (2010), Outstanding Scientist at 5th International Conference on Industrial Bioprocesses, Taipei, Taiwan, Scientist of the Year - Nanocell Institute (2017), Medal of Scientific Merit by Ministry Science Technology and Innovation - Brazilian Government (2018).