Felipe Richter Reis, D.Sc. is Professor of Food Science at the Food Technology undergraduate course (B.Sc), Federal Institute Paraná (IFPR), and at the Food Engineering graduate courses (M.Sc and D.Sc), offered at the Graduate Program in Food Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brazil. All the above-mentioned courses received grades of excellence in a quality assessment performed by the Brazilian Ministry of Education in 2022. In both institutions he teaches and advises students in research projects, which are emphasised on blanching and drying of fruit and vegetables.