Dr. Robson Bruno Dutra Pereira holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the Federal University of Ouro Preto - UFOP (2009), a Master in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of São João del-Rei - UFSJ (2011), and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Federal University of Itajubá - UNIFEI (2017) with an internship period at the University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal). He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain (03/2023–02/2024). He is a tenured faculty member at the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ), working in the Industrial Engineering undergraduate program and in the Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering (PPMEC/UFSJ).

He has published 46 articles in international peer-reviewed journals. He holds an h-index of 14 (Web of Science), 15 (Scopus), and 16 (Google Scholar). He has served as a reviewer for 39 international journals, with more than 100 reviews (49 verified by Web of Science, 31 certified by Elsevier, and 24 certified by ORCID).

His research interests include time series and forecasting, machine learning, process modeling and optimization based on design of experiments (DOE), multi-objective optimization, multivariate statistics, statistical quality control, measurement systems analysis, machining, metrology, and additive manufacturing.

He has completed 26 undergraduate research supervisions. He is a permanent member of the Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering, with three completed supervisions and three completed co-supervisions, as well as one ongoing supervision and one ongoing co-supervision. He also served as a volunteer as a co-supervisor of MSc and PhD students in the Industrial and Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Itajubá, with two completed MSc co-supervisions and three completed PhD co-supervisions in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering.

He maintains research collaborations with faculty members in Brazil at UFLA, UFOP, UFPB, UFTM, UFU, UFV, UNIFAL, and UNIFEI. He also collaborates internationally with researchers from the University of Aveiro (Portugal), the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, Spain), the Vaugh Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (India), Maynooth University (Ireland), and Amity University (India).