Gelmires Araujo Neves holds a degree in Mining Engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (1984), a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (1989), and a PhD in Process Engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (2002). He is currently a full professor at the Federal University of Campina Grande. He has experience in the area of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, with an emphasis on ceramics, working mainly on the following topics: waste recycling, construction materials and components, processing of ceramic materials, organophilic clays for use in drilling fluid and nanometric fillers, and characterization of ceramic raw materials.