Prof. Diego Alves was born in 1979 in Alegrete, RS, Brazil. He received his B.S. in Chemistry (2002) and M.Sc. (2004) and Ph.D. (2008) degrees in Organic Chemistry from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil, under the supervision of Prof. Gilson Zeni. In 2008, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. Between 2008 and 2009, he worked as a researcher at the Franciscan University (UFN) in Santa Maria, Brazil. In 2009, he joined the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) as an Adjunct Professor and became a member of the Laboratory of Clean Organic Synthesis (LASOL-UFPel). He is currently an Associate Professor at UFPel. From 2013 to 2017, he served as the Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Chemistry at UFPel. Between 2017 and 2021, Dr. Alves was an affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC), in recognition of his scientific contributions. Dr. Alves has co-authored more than 235 scientific papers and 22 patents. Since 2009, he has advised or co-advised 18 Master's dissertations, 18 Ph.D. theses, and six postdoctoral researchers. His research focuses on the development of efficient and sustainable methods for synthesizing organochalcogen compounds with potential biological activities. His work includes the use of atom-efficient reactions (click chemistry), transition-metal catalysis, organocatalysis, direct chalcogenylation reactions, and green solvents.