Degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba - UFPB (1981), Master degree in Irrigation and Drainage from UFPB, Brazil (1984), and Ph.D. in Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering from Utah State University, United States (1991). Specialist in Surface Irrigation. He was professor of the Undergraduate Course in Agricultural Engineering at the State University of West Paraná, Brazil, from 05 to 12/1985. He is currently a Full Professor of the Undergraduate Course in Agricultural Engineering at the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil. He participates in the Graduate Program in Agricultural Engineering at UFCG, teaching courses and supervising master's and doctoral students in the area of irrigation and drainage. He participated in the Graduate Program in Natural Resources at UFCG. He was Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Agricultural Engineering at UFCG (1999-2003). Member of the Internal Institutional Committee of Institutional Scientific Initiation Scholarship Program (PIBIC) of UFCG (2009-2013). Member of the Editorial Board and Reviewer of scientific journals. Member of the advisory committee and reviewer of research projects for funding agencies. Coordinator and/or participant in research projects, developing research in the areas of Soil, Water and Plant Management and Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. Since 2003 he has been Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering.