Vitor is a 4th year Ph. D. candidate at West Virginia University. His research is focused on assessing the application of gas separation membranes for direct air capture (m-DAC), aiming to add to the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies portfolio. Vitor earned both his bachelor and master’s degree in chemical engineering in Brazil, from the Federal University of Campina Grande. During both degrees, he focused on process systems engineering, working on computational projects related to process modeling, simulation and industrial equipment cost estimation. In his current investigation, he simulates a multistage membrane separation process and utilizes machine learning models and the operability approach to investigate suitable ranges for the membrane’s intrinsic properties to operate under DAC conditions, and hopefully, contribute to the ongoing efforts to tackle climate change.