Iguatemi is today responsible for the research group called Sustainable Technologies. In this position, he is responsible for directing projects related to innovation in fields such as socio-environmental indicators, LCA, Ecodesign and sustainable materials for packaging. This group is linked to the Research Board of the Vice-Presidency of Innovation. His responsibilities include managing the research team, the project portfolio (budget and pipeline) and participating in Natura’s executive board of technology projects. Previously he worked on the design and implementation of the business process of front end innovation and the group that created the vision, goals, and project of the Technology and Innovation Science of the Amazon Program of Natura. Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, having worked with total synthesis of natural molecules, at USP.

_Innovative natural cosmetic ingredients: essential oils, phytoextracts, vegetable oils and waxes, polysaccharides, fermented ingredients, etc.
_Sustainable processes for raw material ingredients
_Biobased materials
_Hyphenated techniques for natural products analysis
_Metabolomics
_Sustainable business

Jalal has served as the chairman of Board of Director at the International Society for Phytocosmetic Science since its inception during 2013.  He is founder and managing editor of the international journal of phytocosmetics and natural ingredients (IJPNI).  The journal is the official publication of the society since 2014. Dr. Ghaemghami has led production of many international conferences and events in more than ten different countries, and online. Presently, he is leading a new project of producing the International Journal of Micronutrients (IJMN) that will start publishing articles in 2018.

Research Interest:
– Global Health
– Environmental Health Impact Assessment
– Fundamental of cross discipline collaboration
– Natural Resource Management
– Ethics and International Markets