Fernando Erick Santos da Silva is a Brazilian researcher, currently a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from UFRN (2021), a specialization in Occupational Safety Engineering from Faculdade do Vale Elvira Dayrell (2022), and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from UFRN (2023).
His academic and professional trajectory has enabled him to build strong expertise in experimental laboratory research, with a particular focus on the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials. His work includes the production of advanced transition metal carbides (such as TaC, NbC, and WC) through gas-solid reactions at moderate temperatures, as well as the development of metal-ceramic composites (WC–Ni, W–Cu, WC–Co) for high-performance catalysis and advanced metallurgy applications.
In 2024, he was awarded the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) scholarship, through which he carried out a six-month research internship at the Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. This international experience significantly expanded his academic network and strengthened his technical and collaborative skills in a multicultural research environment.
He is currently conducting a new research internship at the Université de Sherbrooke, focused on dry methane reforming for syngas production at the Biomass Technology Laboratory (BTL).