He holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Science from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1995), a master’s degree in Ecology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1999) and a PhD in Ecology (Conservation and Management of Wildlife) by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2005) with Sandwich Stage in Coimbra University/IMARE. He is currently an Associate Professor, level III, in the Department of Ecology of the Biology Science Institute at the University of Brasilia and under Sabbatical License at the Australian River Institute of the Griffith University-Australia. He is a permanent member of the Postgraduate Programs in Ecology/UnB and Environmental Sciences-CIAMB/UnB. He is the President of the TWRA in Brazil, a Productivity Researcher level 1B from CNPq, a Member of the Committee of the Paranaiba Hydrographic Basin, and a Member of the Council Water Resource of Federal District and its Permanent Technical Advisory Board. He formed eleven PhD students and twelve Master students and over 20 undergraduate students, further three postdoctoral supervisions. During his more than 27 years old career, he published 111 papers in scientific journals (H Index in the Web of Science = 28, Scopus = 30, and Google Scholar=37), three national books, and 11 Book chapters. All his professional experience is in Ecosystem Ecology, with an emphasis on Limnology, working mainly on the following topics: Decomposition in Aquatic Ecosystems and Organic Matter Dynamics.