Iranildes Daniel dos Santos holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and a master’s degree from the same institution, both focused on flotation and electrochemistry. She earned her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) and completed postdoctoral research at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) in bioflotation, and at COPPE/UFRJ in electrometallurgy and effluent treatment.

Since 2013, she has worked as a researcher at ITV MI, developing projects in hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, electrochemistry, and effluent treatment applied to the mining of base and ferrous metals. She is a collaborating professor in the PROFICAM master’s degree (UFOP/ITV) and coordinator of the Specialization course in Mineral Processing at ITV. She also co-supervises master’s and doctoral students in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Program at COPPE/UFRJ, in partnership with Prof. Dr. Achilles Dutra.