Meet the editor

Professor Vilmar Steffen received a BSc and MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Western Paraná State University – Unioeste in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He also completed six months of a postdoctoral research fellowship at the same university in 2015. He obtained a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the State University of Maringá in 2014. Since February 2015, Dr. Steffen has been an assistant professor in the Academic

Department of Engineering (DAENG), Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR), Câmpus Francisco Beltrão, Brazil. His research work focuses on process modeling, simulation, and optimization.
