Erick Meira graduated with honors (cum laude) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro with a B. Eng. in Oil and Gas Engineering, having also participated in a six-month academic programme at École Nationale Supérieure des Mines d’Alès (France). He also holds MSc and PhD degrees in Industrial Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Janeiro (PUC-Rio) - minor in Time Series Analysis and Forecasting. Most recently, Erick was also a Visiting Scholar at the University of Bath (School of Management).

Permanent employee, approved by public tender, of the Brazilian Agency for Research and Innovation (Finep), a federal, state-owned company whose mission is to promote the social and economic development through the public fostering of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). Currently working at the Energy, Information Technology and Services Division (DETI). Main attributions: to promote and strengthen innovation projects in several priority areas defined by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications (MCTIC), particularly, Renewable Energies, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Production, Water Resources, among others.

He possesses emphasized working experience on Industrial Engineering, Data Science and Finances, with major interests in the following subjects: Time Series, Forecasting, Data Analytics, Statistical Learning, Financial Econometrics and Sustainable Finance. [Scopus ID: 57191618655 (de Oliveira, Erick Meira); ORCID: 0000-0002-8555-3880; ResearcherID: H-3277-2014]