Maria Rosa holds a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and, currently, is a Ph.D. candidate at the same department. Her research focus on the wax precipitation prediction in offshore pipelines. She has experience in multiphase flow simulation, flow assurance analysis, and virtual metering flow. Maria currently holds a R&D Engineer Jr. position where she is involved in hydrate prediction/management and flow assurance consultancy projects.