Almir Oliveira Neto obtained his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil in 1993, and an MSc in Materials Science and Engineering USP-São Carlos (Brazil) in 1997. He completed his PhD in physical chemistry on the electrocatalyst for direct ethanol fuel cells at the USP-São Carlos (Brazil) in 2001 and completed his postdoctoral research at the Nuclear Energy Research Institute (2001-2003). He is currently a Senior Researcher at the National Nuclear Energy Commission allocated to the Nuclear Energy Research Institute (IPEN/CNEN-SP, Brazil).