Monica Carvalho is a Professor at the Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, Federal University of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil. She holds a BEng in Electrical Engineering (UFCG, Brazil), an MSc in Mechanical Engineering (UFPB, Brazil), and PhD in Mechanical Engineering (University of Zaragoza, Spain) with European doctorate mention. She received a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Industrial R&D Fellowship Award and is also an Adjunct Professor at the Mining Engineering Department at Laurentian University (Sudbury, Canada). Her research interests include thermal engineering and energy integration, optimization of energy systems, thermoeconomics, and life cycle assessment.