Education history: Graduation 1996; Master 1999; Doctorate 2005 (Both in Federal University of Lavras). Career history: I have a degree, Master’s degree and PhD in Forestry Engineering from the Federal University of Lavras. I am an Associate Professor 3 at the University of Brasília. I have experience in the area of Forest Resources and Forest Engineering, with an emphasis on Forest Economics, working mainly on the following topics: forest economics, economic analysis of forest projects, eucalyptus, production forests, sustainable use of natural resources, financial analysis of integrated systems (SAF's and their various combinations), costs in recovering degraded areas, financial analysis in recovery plantations, financial and risk analysis in forest management projects and forest concessions. I served as undergraduate coordinator (Forest Engineering), head of department (Department of Forestry Engineering), extension coordinator (Faculty of Technology at UnB) and am currently sub-coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Forestry Sciences at UnB. Research interests: forest economy; forest management.