**Sergio Neves Monteiro**

Sergio Neves Monteiro graduated as a metallurgical engineer (1966) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He received his M.Sc. (1967) and Ph.D. (1972) from the University of Florida, followed by a 1975 course in energy at the Brazilian War College, and a post doctorate (1976) at the University of Stuttgart. In 1968, he joined the Metallurgy Department of UFRJ as full professor of the postgraduation program in engineering (COPPE). He was elected as head of department (1978), coordinator of COPPE (1982), Under-Rector for Research (1983), and was invited as Under-Secretary of Science for the State of Rio de Janeiro (1985) and Under-Secretary of the College Education for the Federal Government (1989). He retired in 1993 from the UFRJ and joined the State University of North Rio de Janeiro (UENF), where he retired in 2012. He is now a professor at the Military Institute of Engineering (IME), Rio de Janeiro. Dr. Monteiro has published more than 2,000 articles in journals and conference proceedings and has been honored with several awards including the ASM Fellowship and several TMS awards. He is the top researcher (1A) of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and Emeritus Scientist of State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ). He was president of the Superior Council of the State of Rio de Janeiro Research Foundation, FAPERJ (2012), and currently is coordinator of the Engineering Area of this foundation. He has also served as president of the Brazilian Association for Metallurgy, Materials and Mining (ABM, 2017–2019), as a consultant for the main Brazilian R&D agencies, and as a member of the editorial board of five international journals as well as associate editor-in-chief of the Journal of Materials Research and Technology. He is the author of 130 patents and a top world researcher in "Natural Fiber Composites" and "Ballistic Armor", Scopus 2020.
