Marcio A. Sampaio obtained a B.S. degree in physics in 2005, a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2007, and a PhD in petroleum science and engineering in 2013, all from the University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil. He is currently a full-time Professor at the Mining and Petroleum Engineering department at the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in reservoir engineering, numerical simulation, data science, and machine learning applied to the oil and gas industry. He is the founder and coordinator of the Reservoir Simulation and Management Laboratory (LASG) at the University of São Paulo, is involved in scientific and technological research and development projects, and supervises graduate students in the Mineral and Petroleum Engineering Program and the Naval and Ocean Engineering Program. He also serves as a reviewer for leading journals in the field.