Eliton S. Medeiros holds a B.S. in Materials Engineering from Federal University of Paraíba (2000), and M.S. (2002) and Ph.D. (2006) in Materials Science and Engineering from Federal University of São Carlos. Medeiros completed postdoctoral research at the United States Department of Agriculture in Albany, California (2006–2009), where he developed the Solution Blow Spinning Technique. Since 2009, has served as Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at Federal University of Paraíba, and has supervised the Post-Graduation Program in Materials Science and Engineering since 2009. Medeiros has mentored over 150 undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students.

He is currently a Full Professor, and his expertise includes composites and nanocomposites, conductive polymers and sensors, biodegradable polymers and composites, and solution blow spinning. He has also published over 150 international papers and holds 32 patents.

 Talk titte: Production of micro and nanofibers by solution blow spinning (SBS): current status