Title

Professor and Vice Provost

Education

Post-doctoral., Biochemical Engineering – University of Waterloo, Canada, 1977-1978
Ph.D., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering – University of Pennsylvania, 1977
M.S., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering – University of Pennsylvania, 1975
B.S., Chemical Engineering – University of Porto, Portugal, 1973

Professional Interests

My research interests fall under the overall area of bioprocess engineering, i.e., the utilization of engineering principles and tools for the establishment of biologically-based processes. This includes microbial fermentations, cell culture as well as biodownstream technology.

Publications

A. R. Moreira and K. K. Wallace. 1998. Changes in Biologics Regulations:Impact on the Development and Validation of the Manufacturing Processes for Well-Characterized Products. ACS Symposion Series, G98, p. 170-179.

A. R. Moreira and K. K. Wallace. 1996. Computer and Information Science Applications in Bioprocess Engineering. NATO ASI Series, Vol. 305.
A. R. Moreira, W. Huang and S. Noronha. 1992. Bioprocess Engineering for Successful Biotechnology. Proceedings 1992 U.S. Army Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center Scientific Conference on Chemical Defense Research, p. 159-165.

N. DelaCruz, L. Randers, A. R. Moreira and G. F. Payne. 1991. Large scale production of plasmid DNA for use in medical diagnostic kits. Final report to the MIPS program under a joint project with Digene Diagnostics, Inc.