Bachelor's degree in Nutrition from the Federal University of Mato Grosso (1994) and Master's degree in Nutrition from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1999), specializing in Food Science; PhD in Veterinary Medicine, specializing in Veterinary Hygiene and Processing of Products of Animal Origin from the Federal Fluminense University (2018). Professionally, he worked in higher education teaching in the discipline of microbiology, in the areas of medical microbiology, food microbiology, and microbiology. He has knowledge and scientific production in the area of ​​Food Science and Technology, with an emphasis on Food Microbiology, evaluating both plant and animal products. This includes studies on the occurrence of intestinal parasites in food, pathogenic and toxigenic bacteria and fungi (molds and yeasts), verifying the occurrence, population numbers, and metabolites produced by these microorganisms in food.