Full Professor in the Department of Physical Education at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) and CNPq Research Productivity Scholar since 2010. Head of the Department of Physical Education at UFV in the period 2019/2022. Scientific Director of the Arthur Bernardes Foundation (FUNARBE), management 08/2014 - 10/2018. Coordinator of the Advisory Chamber in Health Sciences (CDS) of the Minas Gerais State Research Support Foundation (FAPEMIG) from 02/2012 to 06/2012. Member of the CDS-FAPEMIG from 03/2009 to 06/2012 and from 03/2021 to 12/2023. Coordinator of the Stricto-Sensu Postgraduate Program in Physical Education (broad association between UFV and UFJF) from July 2006 to December 2011. Degree in Physical Education from UFV (1983), specialization in Sports Training from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (1988), master’s degree in Human Movement Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1994), and Ph.D. (2000) and post-doc (2013) in Physiology at the University of Leeds - England. Has experience in Exercise Physiology and Physical Training. Works mainly on the following themes: Adaptations of the healthy organism or with pathologies to physical exercise/physical activity; Structural and mechanical properties of the myocardium (isolated cardiomyocyte).