Electo Eduardo Silva Lora holds a degree in Thermoelectric Power Plants from the Polytechnic University of Odesa (1981), Ukraine, a master's degree in Thermoelectric Power Plants from the Polytechnic University of Odesa (1981), and a Ph.D. in Steam Generators and Reactors Project at the Polytechnic University of St. Petersburg (1988), Russia. In 2014, he completed a Visiting Professor internship at Washington State University with a Fulbright scholarship/CAPES Visiting Scholar. He is currently a Full Professor at the Federal University of Itajubá and the Coordinator of the Nucleus of Excellence in Thermoelectric and Distributed Generation—NEST. He has experience in mechanical engineering, with an emphasis on thermoelectric generation, working mainly on the following topics: thermo-chemical conversion of biomass, cogeneration, solar thermal energy, thermoelectric power plants, thermoelectric generation, and life cycle analysis—ACV.