Holds degrees in Public Administration from São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara Campus (2007), and Veterinary Medicine from UNESP, Jaboticabal Campus (1996). He completed advanced technical training at the Salmonellosis Reference Laboratory, Department of Avian Pathology, University of Minnesota, USA, in 1997 and 1998, working on Salmonella isolation, serotyping, and serological test production. He served as a researcher at the Center for Animal Health Research (CPPar) as a CNPq-DTI fellow from 1999 to 2000. He earned his Master’s (2002) and PhD (2006) degrees in Veterinary Medicine from UNESP Jaboticabal. He has been a professor in the Veterinary Medicine program at Universidade Brasil, Descalvado Campus, since 2004, teaching courses such as Rural Economics and Administration, Marketing Applied to Veterinary Medicine, and Biotechnology. He leads the GAP – Group of Animal Pharmacology (registered with CNPq since 2010) and has coordinated 52 funded research projects supported by FAPESP, CNPq, EMBRAPA, and animal health companies, focusing on therapeutic efficacy, clinical safety, and drug residues in meat and milk (food safety). He has been a CNPq Research Productivity Fellow since 2014 and is Editor-in-Chief of Ars Veterinária, as well as a reviewer for over 50 international scientific journals. He is an accredited professor in graduate programs in Animal Production and Environmental Sciences at Universidade Brasil and a visiting professor in the Graduate Program