Tiago Vinicius Alves earned his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Londrina State University in 2005. He completed his Master's degree in 2008 and his Ph.D. in 2013, both from the University of São Paulo. In 2014, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In 2016, he was appointed Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in Brazil. He served as the Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry of UFBA from 2020 to 2022. He coordinates the Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Spectroscopy, and Computational Kinetics at the Institute of Chemistry, UFBA, and is also the Secretary of the Bahia Regional Branch of the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ). In 2023, he was a Junior Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) through the Institutional Internationalization Program (CAPES-PrInt). He has experience in theoretical and computational chemistry, with an emphasis on molecular spectroscopy, chemical kinetics and dynamics, and (electro)catalysis. His recent research focuses on molecular systems with potential applications for the energy transition. The aim is to understand the reaction mechanisms involved in second-generation biofuels, develop new catalysts for green hydrogen production, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He is a permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Chemistry at UFBA and an effective member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ).