David Lopes de Castro is a Geologist (UFRN - 1986), holds a Master's degree in Marine Geophysics (UFPA - 1990), completed his PhD in Marine Geophysics at the Universität Christian-Albrechts - Kiel (Germany) in 1995, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship (2012) at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Denver (USA). He works in the area of ​​Geosciences, with an emphasis on Geophysics applied to regional geophysical mapping and the study of sedimentary basins, analogous reservoirs, energy resources, oceanic regions, hydrogeology, and the environment. Currently, he is a full professor in the Department of Geology at UFRN.