Biology B.S. University of Brasilia, Brazil 1991
Molecular Biology M.S. University of Brasilia, Brazil 1994
Part of Ph.D. training, 1996-1999 University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Molecular Biology Ph.D., 1999 (with honors) University of Brasilia, Brazil

Scholarly Interests

Human, Animal, Plant and Environment Health in the context of One Health framework. More specially:

• Human and Animal Food safety
• Sample preparation and pathogenic microorganism faster and sensitive detection methods development
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Microbial derived products and related environmentally friendly new processes.

Patent

Ladisch M.R., Ximenes E.A., , Ku S., Foster K, Kreke T.R., Liu X., Jones J.,Deering A., Hardenstein J., Tungare A. Rapid concentration, recovery and      detection of pathogens in food samples. Patent # US 11, 789, 018 B2 . Official  Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patents. (Published on Oct. 17, 2023)

Ladisch M.R., Ximenes E.A., Kreke T.R., Baldino Jr A.C., da Cunha F.M., Farinas C.S. Liquefied cellulosic biomass for enzyme production. Patent # US 10, 072, 253 B2 . Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patents. (Pubished on Sep 11, 2018)

Ladisch M.R.,  Ximenes E.A.. Methods and systems useful for foodborne pathogen detection. Patent # US9651551 B2. Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patents, Volume:1438 Issue:3 (Published on May 16, 2017)

AWARD

64th FDA Honors Award (2024) for exceptional teamwork and collaboration in leveraging agency resources to expand the NARMS retail meat sampling and testing program. 

Filho E.X.F., Moreira, L.R.S., Ximenes E.A., Farinas C.S. (Eds). Recent advances in bioconversion of lignocellulose to biofuels and value added chemicals within the biorefinery concept. Elsevier, The Netherlands (2020).

Ladisch MR., Ximenes E., Mosier. N.S., Engelberth A., Solomon K., Binkley R. Bioprocess Engineering. Industrial Microbiology, Wilson D.B., Sahm H., Stahmann K.-P., Koffas M.. John Wiley & Sons (ISBN-13: 978-3527340354), 23-57 (2020). 

Rossi F., Cunha F., Ximenes E., Bowes B., Yu Z., Yang D., Qian K.K, Moomaw J., Corvari V., Ladisch M., Reklaitis G. Deterministic mathematical modeling, sensitivity analysis, and dynamic optimization of cross-flow ultrafiltration systems for concentration of monoclonal antibody solutions,  Computers & Chemical Engineering, Volume 187, 108705 (2024). ISSN 0098-1354,

Zuponcic J, Cunha F, Springer G, Ximenes E, Ladisch MR. Effect of flux and shear rate on E. coli recovery in tangential flow filtration through a single hollow fiber. Biotechnol Prog. 2024 Feb 8:e3432. doi: 10.1002/btpr.3432. 

dos Santos, A.C.F., Ahmadzadegan A., Ximenes E., Vlachos P., Ardekani A., Kapur S., Corvari V., Ladisch M.R. Concentration-dependent diffusion of unlabeled protein within an in vitro hyaluronic acid matrix. Biotechnol Bioeng. 120(8): 2326-2332 (2023).

Hoagland L.,  Wang Y.J.,  Ximenes E. , Lee L.D. , Choi Y.J., Simon .PW. Are Indiana's Urban Farmers Meeting Their Soil Management Goals? Hortscience 57 (9): S87-S88 (2022).

Bordignon S.E., Ximenes E., Perrone O.M., Nunes C.C.C, Kim D., Boscolo M., Gomes E., Filho E.X.F., da Silva R., Ladisch M.R.. Combined Sugarcane Pretreatment for Generation of Ethanol and Value Added Products. Frontiers in Energy Research, section Bioenergy and Biofuels 10:834966.doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2022.834966 (2022).

Serra L.A., Cruz R.G.S., Gutierrez D.M.R., Cruz A.J.G., Canizares C.A.T, Chen X., Mosier N., Thompson D., Aston J., Dooley J., Sharma P., De Marco J.L, Almeida J.R.M., Erk K., Ximenes E., Ladisch M.R. Screening method for Enzyme-based liquefaction of corn stover pellets at high solids. Bioresource Technology, 363, 127999 (2022).

Choi, H. Li Z., Zuponcic J., Ximenes E., Turek J., Ladisch M., Nolte D. Doppler Imaging Detects Bacterial Infection of Living Tissue. Nature Communications Biology 4: 178 (2021).

Ximenes E., Ku S., Hoagland L., Ladisch M.R. Accelerated Sample Preparation for Fast Salmonella Detection in Poultry Products. In: Bridier A. (eds) Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, New York, NY (ISBN 978-1-4939-8999-7), vol. 1918, 3-20 (2019).

dos Santos, A.C.F., Ahmadzadegan A., Ximenes E., Vlachos P., Ardekani A., Kapur S., Corvari V., Ladisch M.R.  In vitro measurement of concentration of unlabeled protein within a hyaluronic acid matrix. Biotechnol Bioeng.;1–10 (2022).