Lorena Puppo de Vasconcellos is an exchange student from the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil. She is participating in the US-Brazil Environmental and Business Cross-cultural Initiative sponsored by FIPSE and CAPES.

Carbon Dioxide Emissions: an Approach from the Perspective of the Productive Composition of each Country and Goals for the Kyoto Protocol

Fernanda Martinelli is an exchange student from the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil and is currently an exchange student at the University of West Florida.

Biofuel Production in Brazil and USA: Is Algae the Solution?

Nathalia Ottoline Marins is a student of the Universidade Federal de Vicosa, currently an exchange student at Florida A&M University participating in the US-Brazil Environmental and Business Cross-cultural Intitiative. Her major is Economics, She is a Junior and is interested to research about ethanol and its impact over society.

A comparative analysis between Brazil and USA over the effects of retail and agricultural prices of ethanol production

Jefferson Andrade is an exchange student from the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil and is currently an exchange student at the University of West Florida.

A comparison of the impacts of social-environmental certifications on the conservation of natural resources in Brazil and the United States of America

Luis Almeida is a student of the Universidade Federal de Vicosa, currently an exchange student at Florida A&M University participating in the US-Brazil Environmental and Business Cross-cultural Intitiative.

Enhancing utilization of cellulosic wastes by microbial enzymes

Larissa Brambia is an exchange student from the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil and is currently an exchange student at the University of West Florida.

Steam reforming of ethanol: Energetic Solution; the current scenario and future perpectives for clean energy in Brazil and in the US

Julia Dias is a student of the Universidade Federal de Vicosa, currently an exchange student at Florida A&M University participating in the US-Brazil Environmental and Business Cross-cultural Intitiative.

Biofuels Research Development in the US and Brazil through investment in technology transfer

Vitor Aguiar is a student of the Universidade Federal de Vicosa, currently an exchange student at Florida A&M University participating in the US-Brazil Environmental and Business Cross-cultural Intitiative.

Isolation and characterization of oil degrading bacteria for biodiesel processing

Alice Precci is an exchange student from the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil and is currently an exchange student at the University of West Florida.

Mitigation of Environmental Impacts Caused by Sugar Production: A Comparison between Brazil and the United States

Geraldo Costa Junior is an exchange student from the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil and is currently an exchange student at the University of West Florida.

International Trade, Subsides, and its Impact on the Environment

Comparison of the water budget of a hypothetical plantation of several plants used in the production of Biofuels in Quincy, Florida

Jesse Thomas was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. He received his B.S degree in Environmental Science with a concentration in microbial ecology from Florida A&M University in 2009. He is currently a M.S. student in Florida A&M University’s School of the Environment, where he is investigating the biodegradative potential and functional diversity of estuarine bacteria in Apalachicola Bay, Fl. Jesse utilizes a number of cutting-edge molecular techniques such as PCR-cloning, automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA), and pyrosequencing in conjunction with traditional cultivation methods to explore bacterial diversity at the taxonomic and functional level. Jesse is particularly interested in the metabolic capabilities of microbes that comprise the microbiome of larger organisms and how bacterial heterotrophy aids in cycling recalcitrant carbon substrates such as crude oil, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and cellulose. He hopes that his research will identify novel microogranisms that can be utilized in the bioremediation of contaminated sites and biofuel production.

Reconstruction of Metabolic Pathways in Cytophaga hutchinsonii by the Exploration of Gene Expression Data Resulting from BIOLOG Substrate Utilization Patterns