Dr. Sílvio Vaz Jr. holds a D.Sc. degree in Analytical Chemistry from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, with equivalent doctorate degrees attributed from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and from the University of Granada, Spain. Having previously served as Director and Partner at two private environmental analysis laboratories, he is currently a Senior Scientist at the National Research Center for Agroenergy of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), where his work focuses on the development of renewable molecules (e.g., eco-friendly agrochemicals), environmental chemistry (e.g., CO2 capture and use), agricultural chemistry, and the application of analytical chemistry to biomass and bioenergy, as well as green and sustainable chemistry. He has previously published with Springer Nature the books “Analytical Techniques and Methods for Biomass” (2016), “Biomass and Green Chemistry: Building a Renewable Pathway” (2018), “Analytical Chemistry Applied to Emerging Pollutants” (2018) and “Sustainable Agrochemistry – A Compendium of Technologies” (2019). He was appointed as the Chairman of the Brazilian Division of the American Chemical Society (03/2018–03/2019). Moreover, he serves as Professor of the graduate program in environmental engineering at the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil.
