Duarte Cecílio graduated in Chemical Engineering (IST/UL, 2015) and completed his PhD in 2021 in Chemical Engineering, with a specialization in ethylene polymerization catalysis and polymer nanocomposite materials, in the context of the CATSUS doctoral programme. Cecílio currently works at Secil in the R&D department of the Clean Cement Line development project, one of the current largest industrial development projects in national territory. His research interests include process modelling and computational fluid dynamics.