Fernando A. Assis was born in Resende Costa, Brazil. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Brazil, in 2012 and 2014, respectively, and his D.Sc. degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil, in 2018. From 2017 to 2019, he was a professor at the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais (IFMG), Brazil. Since 2019, he has been a professor at the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Brazil.