Graduated in Mechanical Aeronautical Engineering (1989) and obtained a Master’s Degree in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (IEOR) (1992), both from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA), and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (1999). Worked in Research and Consulting projects in the USA, Europe, and Brazil, in particular to the Governments of California and Texas, European Union, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Inter-American Development Bank, German Institute for Economics Research, and private enterprises. Has extensive experience in the fields of Applied Finance and Energy and Transportation Economics, besides IEOR. Currently, he holds an Associate Professor position in the Industrial Engineering Department of the University of Brasília (UnB). He has held leading positions including Course Coordinator for the Inter Disciplinary Center for Transportation Studies and for the Graduate Course of Auditing of Public Works for the Brazilian Federal Accounting Office (TCU).