Frederico Wanderley Tavares is a full Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Previously, he was Associate and Assistant Professor at the same university. He is an active member of multiple committees and has published over 115 papers. He earned an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from UFRJ, a M.Sc. in physical-chemistry from UFRJ, a D.Sc. in chemical engineering from UFRJ, post-doctoral in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware, and a post-doctoral in chemical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.