Míriam Cristina Santos Amaral is a Professor of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Escola de Engenharia. She was a Professor at Centro Federal de Educação Tecnólogica de Minas Gerais from 2007 to 2009. She graduated in Engenharia Química from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2006), received her master’s in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2007), and a doctorate in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2009). She has experience in Sanitary Engineering, acting on the following subjects: lixiviado, bioreator a membrana, membranas, vinhoto and ultrafiltração.