Duarte Neiva concluded the Integrated Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon University (UL), in 2009 and the PhD in Sustainable Forests and Products at the School of Agriculture (ISA), Lisbon University, in 2020. He is currently an auxiliary researcher for LA TERRA (ISA) associated with the ForTec group (forest products and biorefineries).