José Machado Moita Neto holds a doctorate in sciences from UNICAMP (1994), Brazil. He is currently a researcher at the Federal University of Delta do Parnaíba (UFDPAR) until May 2025, and serves as a Voluntary Professor and advisor for master's and doctorate programs in Development and Environment (Prodema Network). Previously, he was a Full Professor at the Federal University of Piauí (retired). His research interests span environmental sciences, including philosophy, law, public policies, discourse analysis, engineering, and statistics, as well as nature sciences and their technologies, covering education, chemistry, colloids, quantum, polymers, surfaces, materials, and teaching.