Ana Paula da Luz is currently an Assistant Professor at the Materials Engineering Department (DEMa) at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil, being responsible for teaching classes in ceramic materials, ceramics processing and refractory ceramics. She earned her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, UFSCar – Brazil. She attended of an internship at the École Nationale Superieure de Ceramique Industrielle (Limoges, France) in 2008. Additionally, she received B.Sc. (from 1999 to 2004) and M.Sc. (from 2005 to 2006) degrees in Chemical and Materials Engineering, respectively, from the Engineering School of Lorena (EEL – USP), Brazil. Currently, her main research interests include: design of refractory ceramics; synthesis, processing and characterization of ceramic materials; optimization of the drying behavior of dense ceramic structures; thermodynamic simulations and others.