Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2018
  • M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2017
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Maringa State University, Brazil, 2011
Licenses & Certifications
  • Professional Engineer Chemical, California, #7279
Professional Affiliations
  • AIChE – American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Member; Member, Institute Award Committee)
  • SPE – Society of Petroleum Engineers (Member; Former Membership Chairperson, New York and New England Petroleum Section, 2019)
  • ACS – American Chemical Society (Member)
  • Exponent Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee (Member, Inaugural Cohort)
  • Flagship Pioneering Institutional Biosafety Committee (Community Representative, 2022–2024)
  • UL 30 – Metallic and Nonmetallic Safety Cans for Flammable and Combustible Liquids (Technical Member, 2025–Present)
Languages
  • Portuguese

Dr. Fávero is a chemical engineer at Exponent who applies first‑principles analysis grounded in transport phenomena, reaction engineering, and physical chemistry to investigate failures, assess process and equipment performance, and evaluate fire and explosion hazards. His work spans design, operation, failure analysis, and dispute resolution, from proactive safety and process evaluations to post‑incident investigations. Dr. Fávero delivers rigorous, defensible analyses that inform decision makers, support risk‑mitigation strategies, and facilitate regulatory compliance.

Dr. Fávero works across industries such as energy and oil & gas, chemical and pharmaceutical, and consumer products. Grounded in the scientific method and repeatable testing, his investigations integrate field inspections, plant audits, laboratory testing, and analytical and computational modeling to identify root causes and assess alternative causal hypotheses. Industry clients typically engage Dr. Fávero for product and process development, failure analysis, and risk mitigation. In the legal sector, he is frequently retained as a testifying expert in product liability, industrial accidents, and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and intellectual property (IP) disputes.

Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Fávero earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan under the supervision of Prof. H. Scott Fogler. His doctoral research focused on the physical chemistry of crude oil, with an emphasis on wax and asphaltene deposition, resulting in significant advances in understanding the colloidal nature of asphaltenes as well as wax and asphaltene fouling mechanisms. He developed a laboratory apparatus to evaluate the performance of asphaltene deposition inhibitors and contributed to the development of software to predict wax deposit formation and growth in oil pipelines. As part of his doctoral research, Dr. Fávero collaborated with TotalEnergies in Pau, France, to implement and validate his asphaltene inhibitor evaluation methodology for field applications. Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked at Petrobras in São Mateus do Sul, Brazil, where he supported performance testing of hydrotreatment reactors.