Dr. André Luiz Missio is a professor of the Materials Engineering Course at the Technological Development Center (CDTec) at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel). An Industrial Lumber Engineer, he graduated from the Federal University of Pelotas (2012) and holds a Master’s degree (2014) and a doctorate (2017) in Forestry Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria in the area of Forest Products Technology. He held a doctoral position at the University of Applied Sciences in Salzburg, Austria, and a postdoctoral internship at the Aalto University in Finland in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems (BiCMat). Currently, he is linked to the Graduate Programs in Materials Science and Engineering (PPGCEM) and Environmental Sciences (PPGCAmb) at UFPel, conducting research and working on projects in the area of new sustainable materials, with an emphasis on tannins, nitrocellulose, separation, and purification of lignocellulosic materials and polymeric composites.