Maurício Krause graduated from the Lutheran University of Brazil (ULBRA) and received his BSc (Hons) in Sport Sciences. Then, he received his M.Sc. in Human Physiology and PhD in Exercise Physiology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University College Dublin and is now an Adjunct Professor in Physiology at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul with experience in Metabolic Science, Exercise Physiology, and Biochemistry. He is currently working with possible markers for disease control in diabetes. His specialties include Exercise Physiology, Exercise Biochemistry, Cellular Metabolism, Heat Shock Proteins Physiology, Redox State in Health and Disease, Amino Acid Metabolism, Diabetes, and Stress Adaptation.