D.8. Declaration from Professor Dr. Luiz Antonio de Almeida Pinto, Director of the School of Chemistry and Food Science at the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG). This document confirms that Mrs. Sousa’s essential contributions to funded innovation projects are "having a major impact on Brazilian science" through the development of a chain of patents and technical reports that advance the national scientific agenda.

Exhibit D - Petitioner’s original scientific, scholarly, artistic, or business-related contributions of major significance in the field · groupOrder=4 · order=7