Agronomic Engineer by FCA/Unesp Botucatu (1999), Master degree in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition by ESALQ/USP (2001), PhD in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition by ESALQ/USP (2005) with sandwich period in the University of Western Australia. From 2005 to 2008 worked as researcher in Soil Fertility at Embrapa Roraima. From 2008 until the present is professor at Federal University of Ceará, working as Associate Professor at the Soil Sciences Department.