Prof. Marcos A.S. graduated in chemical engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, 1983). He obtained his MSc in chemical engineering from COPPE/UFRJ (1985), and completed a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at UFSCar (1995), and a postdoc at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada. He is a full professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) and the current coordinator of the Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering of UFU. He has experience in chemical engineering, acting on the following topics: fluid dynamics of particulate systems, solid–liquid separation, drying, coating, pelleting pyrolysis, and flotation. He is CNPq Researcher 1A, member of the Standing Committee of the Brazilian Congress of Particulate Systems, coordinator of the Board of Architecture and Engineering (TEC) of FAPEMIG, and member of the Board of Chemical Engineering at CNPq. He has supervised 135 graduate students, 86 MSc students, 49 doctoral theses and 15 postdoctoral students.