Agronomist (2006) at Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Master's degree (Dec/2008) and Ph.D. (Feb/2011) in Forest Engineering, with an emphasis on forest genetic improvement at Federal University of Lavras (UFLA). Currently, he works as a cientific researcher at Embrapa Forestry in Goiânia, GO, where he conducts research in forest genetic improvement of native and exotic species for the Central and Northeast regions of Brazil. He served as a professor in the Agroenergy Postgraduate Program at the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT, Palmas Campus) from 2016 to 2019.