Matheus Koengkan earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Évora in 2020 and currently serves as a researcher specializing in Applied Economics, Energy and Environmental Economics and Law at the University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR) in Coimbra, Portugal. He has authored several significant works, including books and edited volumes such as "Globalisation and Energy Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean: Economic Growth and Policy Implications," "Obesity Epidemic and the Environment: Latin America and the Caribbean Region," and "Energy Economic Development in Europe." Matheus Koengkan has also contributed numerous book chapters and articles published in prestigious international scientific journals indexed in WoS/Scopus. In 2022, he was recognized as one of the researchers with the most significant impact in the world, according to the list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Elsevier Data Repository and Stanford University.