Suelen Silva Rocha is a mining and environmental engineer from the Federal University of South and Southeast Pará (UNIFESSPA), with a master’s degree in Mineral Engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). She is currently pursuing a PhD in the Graduate Program in Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (PPGE3M) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). She has experience in mining, with an emphasis on mining methods, planning, mineral economics, sustainability, and process optimization.

Rocha worked as a substitute lecturer at UFPE, teaching various technical subjects in the mining field. She interned at Mineração Vale do Araguaia and completed her undergraduate thesis at Mineração Paragominas S/A. She is currently a collaborating researcher at the Mining Planning Laboratory (LAPLA/UFPE).