He has a Bachelor's degree in Geography from the Federal University of Pernambuco UFPE (2001), and a Master's degree (2004) and Doctorate (2007) in Geosciences (Sedimentary Geology) from UFPE. He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Geology at UFPE. He carries out research in the following areas: Analysis of Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Systems, Characterization of Reservoirs and Analysis of Porous Media. He is a member of the management committee of the PR48-ANP-UFPE Human Resources Training Program, and coordinator of the GEOQUANTT Research Group.