Vidal Félix Navarro Torres holds a PhD in Mining Engineering from the University of Lisbon (IST-UL), with two postdoctoral degrees in Geotechnics and Underground Mining. He also earned a doctorate from the University of São Paulo (USP) and has worked as a university professor at institutions in Portugal, Peru, Australia, England, and Brazil, including the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), and the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP). Since 2015, he has been a full researcher at ITV MI, where he also coordinates specialization courses in Mining and Advanced Geotechnics.

He has extensive experience as an engineer and consultant in underground and open-pit mining, geotechnics, and tunneling across several countries. He has coordinated international projects such as MASyS (CYTED) and UCGCO2 STORAGE (EU). He has published 10 books, dozens of scientific articles, and participated in more than 30 academic boards. He has also organized 40 technical and scientific events and prepared over 50 consultancy reports.

Vidal Félix Navarro Torres holds a PhD in Mining Engineering from the University of Lisbon (IST-UL), with two postdoctoral degrees in Geotechnics and Underground Mining. He also earned a doctorate from the University of São Paulo (USP) and has worked as a university professor at institutions in Portugal, Peru, Australia, England, and Brazil, including the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), and the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP). Since 2015, he has been a full researcher at ITV MI, where he also coordinates specialization courses in Mining and Advanced Geotechnics.

He has extensive experience as an engineer and consultant in underground and open-pit mining, geotechnics, and tunneling across several countries. He has coordinated international projects such as MASyS (CYTED) and UCGCO2 STORAGE (EU). He has published 10 books, dozens of scientific articles, and participated in more than 30 academic boards. He has also organized 40 technical and scientific events and prepared over 50 consultancy reports.

Juan Manuel Girao Sotomayor holds a PhD in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on Geotechnics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), working in the field of iron and gold mining tailings. As a researcher in the Mining area at ITV MI, he has 15 years of professional experience in geotechnics applied to mining. His projects focus on tailings containment dams, blasting piles, leaching dumps, laboratory testing of soils and mining tailings, and the use of 2D and 3D numerical modeling software. He has published in international journals.