Elza Iouko Ida holds a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the Faculdade Filosofia Ciências e Letras Osvaldo Cruz (1976), a Master's degree in Food Science from the State University of Londrina (1981) and a PhD in Food Science from the University of São Paulo (1986). She is currently Associate Professor C at the State University of Londrina. She is a member of the Editorial Committee of the Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology and Semina: Agrarian Sciences and ad hoc consultant of several national and international periodicals. She was Deputy Representative and Co-ordinator for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel / CAPES-MEC; Coordinator and Member of the Advisory Committee of the Area of ​​Science and Technology of Food of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development / CNPq; Deputy Editor of the journal Science and Technology of Food of sbCTA; Coordinator of the Agricultural Sciences Committee of Fundação Araucária / FA-Pr; Coordinator of the Scientific Program of the XX Brazilian Congress of Food Science and Technology / sbCTA-Curitiba-Pr. She has published over 120 scientific articles in national and international journals and 3 book chapters. She has lectured more than 50 Masters and Doctors in Food Science. Coordinated and executed several research projects approved by development agencies. She have experience in the area of ​​Food Science and Technology, with emphasis in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Food Analysis. Main activity in topics such as: phytic acid of grains, plant phytase, soy (flour and products, oligosaccharides, trypsin inhibitors, isoflavones and beta-glucosidase).

Chemistry, Biochemistry and Food Analysis. Main activity in topics such as: phytic acid of grains, plant phytase, soy (flour and products, oligosaccharides, trypsin inhibitors, isoflavones and beta-glucosidase)