Lidiane Fernanda Jochem, a Civil Engineer with a Master's and Doctorate in Civil Engineering, is a professor in the Civil Engineering program at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) and a permanent member of the faculty of the Postgraduate Program in Civil Engineering (PPGEC) at UTFPR, Brazil. She works in the area of Construction Materials, with experience and academic production focused mainly on sustainability in construction, waste, recycled aggregates, mortars, fine materials, and wetting phenomena.