Prof. Leandro S. Oliveira graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1988), a Master's in Mechanical Engineering from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1991), and a PhD in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University (1995). He is currently a Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and also a professor at the Graduate Program in Food Science at the same university. He was Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering at UFMG from November 2011 to December 2015. In addition, he is an Ad-hoc consultant for the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, and for Computers and Chemical Engineering, the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the Journal of Food Science Fuel, the Journal of Hazardous Materials, Bioresource Technology, the Brazilian Journal of Acquisition, he is an Ad-hoc Consultant of the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais.