Ricardo de Freitas Fernandes PontesDr. Pontes' career started as a chemical engineer at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), when he started working for the research and development department of Ultragaz. In 2000, he returned to USP to start his Master's degree in chemical engineerin, which he concluded in 2002. He then went to work as a project engineer working for Exen while simultaneously started his Doctor's degree. In 2010, Dr. Pontes went to work for Pöyry also as a project engineer before returning to his academic career at Universidade Mackenzie and later in that same year for Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), lecturing courses on Process Simulation and Projects. In 2018, he received a grant from FAPESP for his research project on the Optimal Synthesis of Cooling Water Systems. Read More Read Less