Head researcher at the National Research Institute of the Amazon, coordinating the Malaria and Dengue Laboratory - INPA. He has a degree in Natural History from the Faculty of Philosophy Sciences and Letters of São José do Rio Preto (1971), a master's degree in Biological Sciences (Genetic Biology) from the University of São Paulo (1974) and a doctorate in Biological Sciences (Genetic Biology) from University of São Paulo (1977). He is currently a senior researcher III at the National Institute of Research in the Amazon, working on the Post-Graduate Courses in Entomology and Genetics at INPA, Biotechnology at UEA / UFAM and Bionorte. Participating in national and international interinstitutional research projects, the most recent VAIKUTUS (aiming at cooperation and knowledge exchange and the creation of an intercontinental network in the field of hybrid inorganic-bioorganic nanocomposites for biomedical purposes and application in engineering). Has in the area of ​​Medical Entomology, with emphasis on vector studies, acting mainly on the following themes: Malaria and Dengue, Anopheline and Aedes aegypti Bioecology, Chemical and Biological Control, Nanocomposites and Biotechnology.