Graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) in 2004, earned master's and doctoral degrees in Veterinary Medicine from the same institution in 2007 and 2011, respectively. Specializes in veterinary pathology, focusing on experimental pathology and bone pathology. Served as a postdoctoral researcher in the Institutional Postdoctoral Program of CAPES at UFV, where activities were centered around the research group "Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical and Surgical Pathologies in Domestic Animals". Research topics included biomaterials, cellular therapy, stem cells, guided tissue regeneration, bone regeneration, osteoporosis, and veterinary oncology. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Viçosa in the field of Physiology/Veterinary Physiology.