I have a degree in Biochemical Pharmacy from the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo / FCFRP-USP (2001), a Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the FCFRP-USP (2003), a PhD in Biosciences Applied to Pharmacy (2007) from the FCFRP-USP with a specialization in Infection Prevention and Control in Health Services from the School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto-USP / EERP-USP (2011) and a post-doctorate from the EERP-USP (2011). I am currently an Associate Professor at the School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto-USP (FORP-USP). I am leader of several Research Groups: the Nucleus of Studies on Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Services (NEPECISS) of EERP-USP (registered in the Directory of CNPq since 2001) and the Nucleus of Research in Biosafety in Health-NUPBios of FORP-USP (registered in the CNPq Directory since 2008). I am also a member of the Maintenance of Complete Dentures Research Group of FORP-USP (registered in the CNPq Directory since 2004) and the Human Exposome and Infectious Diseases Network (HEID) Research Network. Moreover, I am a member of the Board of Directors of the Journal of Prevention of Infection and Health (REPIS) (2023-current) and Assistant Editor of Biofouling (2022-current). It should be noted that I developed an international research partnership with researchers from the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria, the University of Minho, Portugal, and the University of Barcelona, Spain.