Lisa Oki Exposito

Biography

Lisa is a chemical engineer from Brazil. She co-founded and was the first CEO of Paracelso, which offers consultancy and project development in production management and chemical/ environmental engineering. She has also gained quality assurance experience in a water-based paint company and Agile projects.

Exposito is currently studying to obtain an MBA in Data Science and Analytics from the University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil. Exposito earned her B.S. in chemical engineering at the Federal Technological University of Parana (UTFPR), Brazil, in 2020. She was awarded a GPL scholarship for an exchange program at the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, during her undergraduate study.

Research Interests

Design of chemical reactors, process simulation, soil amendments, biochar, agriculture.

Education

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Federal Technological University of Parana (UTFPR), Brazil (2020)
Technician in Biotechnology, National Industrial Apprenticeship Service (SENAI), Brazil (2014)

Awards

1st place ITAS Arab Youth Competition 2023 - International Conference on Innovation and Technological Advances for Sustainability, 1st place (out of 117 entries) at University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar, awarded by the Prime Minister of Qatar
Taqadam 2022–2023 Start-up Accelerator Program - US $140,000 non-dilutive cash award (only 10 teams chosen among > 2000 applicants)
1st place and scholarship recipient at the Global Project-based Learning (GPbL), Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, 2020.