Marcus Vinícius Tres is a researcher and professor with a solid background and experience in the field of Agricultural Sciences, with emphasis on Agricultural Engineering. He holds Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees in Food Engineering from the Regional University of Alto Uruguai and Missões (URI Erechim), obtained in 2006, 2009, and 2012, respectively. Since 2015, he has been a Productivity Scholar in Technological Development and Innovative Extension at CNPq. He worked as a Full Time Professor at URI Erechim from July 2011 to June 2014. Since July 2014, he has held the position of Adjunct Professor and Researcher at the Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM. He serves as the Coordinator of the Laboratory of Agroindustrial Process Engineering (LAPE) at UFSM-CS. In LAPE, he has supervised over 50 undergraduate and graduate students in their R&D activities. He is a Permanent Professor in the Graduate Program in Agricultural Engineering at UFSM, where he has supervised over 15 Master's and Doctoral students. His research areas include the extraction of bioactive compounds using various methodologies, membrane separation processes, biomass hydrolysis for fermentable sugar production, biofuel production, valorization of agroindustrial waste, bioinsecticides, and bioherbicides.