Professor Osvaldir Pereira Taranto holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the State University of Campinas – Unicamp (1989), a Master’s in Chemical Engineering (1992) also from Unicamp, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Unicamp and McGill University, Montreal (1996). He has been the Director, Associate Director, and Associate Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering – Unicamp. He has also been Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Unicamp’s Development – Funcamp and Unicamp’s Deputy Chief of Staff at the Rector’s office (2013-2017). He is currently Executive Director of International Relations at Unicamp.