Ph.D. in Sciences (Area: Comparative Biology) from the University of São Paulo – USP (2014), with a sandwich period at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford, England. M.Sc. in Tropical Aquatic Systems (Area: Ecology) (2009) and B.Sc. in Biological Sciences with an Emphasis on Ecology from the State University of Santa Cruz – UESC (2007). Postdoctoral Researcher at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford, England (2025). Associate Professor at the Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB). Permanent Faculty Member of the Graduate Program in Biosystems at UFSB (Master’s and Ph.D.), the Graduate Program in Zoology at UESC (Master’s and Ph.D.), and the Graduate Program in Tropical Aquatic Systems at UESC/UFSB (Master’s). Leader of the Research Group on Carcinology and Aquatic Biodiversity (GPCBio – UFSB). Curator of the Aquatic Invertebrate Collection of Southern Bahia (CIASB – UFSB/UESC). His research focuses on biodiversity (ecology, morphology, molecular biology, and systematics), with an emphasis on decapod crustaceans.