Bachelor (1991) and MSc (1994) degrees in mechanical engineering and a PhD (2006) degree in chemical engineering from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC; www.ufsc.br), Florianópolis, Brazil. Pos-doctorate in materials science and engineering (2016) from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) and in chemical engineering (2012) from Universitat Jaume I (UJI; www.uji.es), Castellón, Spain. Currently Professor at Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC; www.unesc.net), Criciúma, Brazil. Experience in Ceramics, working mainly with ceramic tiles processing and recycling, functional ceramics, geopolymers synthesized from residues, photocatalysis and synthesis of nanooxides.