I am a D.V.M. and I obtained my Ph.D. in Animal Reproduction from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. I conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Milan in Italy. Currently, I am a full professor at the Federal University of Ceará and a permanent member of the Biotechnology graduate program. I am the technical director of the Laboratory of Biotechnology and Reproductive Physiology, and I have been a CNPq researcher since 2009. I have published approximately 180 papers in peer-reviewed journals, earning an h-index of 38 and receiving 4,970 citations. I have supervised 30 master's dissertations, nine doctoral theses, and one postdoctoral fellowship. My experience is in the field of animal reproductive biotechnology, with an emphasis on cell biology, physiology, and embryology. My primary research areas include in vitro culture of ovarian follicles, oocyte maturation, and molecular biology.