Dr. Carlos André Ornelas Ricart holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Brasília (UnB) (1986), a master's degree in Biological Sciences (Molecular Biology) from the University of Brasília (1989), and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Leeds University (1994). He has been a professor at the University of Brasília since 1989, where he currently holds the position of Full Professor. Among his management activities, he was the Head of the Department of Cell Biology at the Institute of Biological Sciences and Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Molecular Pathology at the University of Brasília. His research activities focus on the areas of biochemistry, protein chemistry, and proteomics applied to various biological models, with emphasis on the proteomic and subproteomic analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi and the proteomic analysis of filamentous fungi that produce enzymes that degrade plant biomass.