Enio Pontes de Deus

Enio Pontes de Deus is a Full Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Brazil, where he directs the Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue Laboratory (LAMEFF). He holds a degree in Civil Engineering (UFC, 1988), an MSc from PUC-Rio (1993), and a PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of São Paulo in cooperation with TU Braunschweig, Germany (1997). His research spans fracture mechanics, fatigue, damage mechanics and advanced materials, with a current focus on green hydrogen and PEM electrolysis. He co-invented a patented chitosan/nanocellulose/graphene oxide proton exchange membrane. He coordinates the H2VBR network and serves on the Advisory Board of FINEP, Brazil's innovation agency.