Graduated in Biology at Universidade Mackenzie and PhD in Biotechnology at Universidade de São Paulo. Currently Associate Professor and coordinator of Biotechnology course at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Campus of São José dos Campos). With Post Doctorate at the Institute of Molecular Medicine (Portugal), University of California (UCSF, USA) and Insituto Butantan (Laboratory of immunoregulation). Has experience in the area of biochemistry, with an emphasis on peptide and protein chemistry .