Mariana Duarte

Mariana Duarte is project manager at BASF. Mariana graduated in Chemical Engineering at the University of Porto and obtained a PhD from Lund University, in Sweden, on a dual program between academia and industry. She was awarded a Marie Curie grant to develop her research work between Lund University and Biotage AB, a middle sized Swedish company headquartered in Uppsala. Her research work focused on polymeric materials for applications in medicine, with focus on diagnostics. In 2017, Mariana decided to continue her career in a leading chemical company and moved to Germany to work at BASF as research engineer and lab team leader. Together with her team, she developed polymer production processes for a wide market range, from automotive to construction and consumer. More recently, she started a new position at the business unit Health & Nutrition, where she leads innovation and development projects.