He is a Professor of the academic area of ​​Tropical Medicine at the Center of Medical Sciences of the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). He is a biologist and holds a master's degree and a PhD in Fungal Biology from UFPE, during which he undertook a sandwich period at the University of Minho, Portugal. His post-doctorate was completed through the National Post-Doctorate Program (PNPD Institutional CAPES / UFPE process 2.793 / 2011). He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Nantes, France, in 2023. He is the coordinator of the PPG in Tropical Medicine at UFPE; the coordinator of the Multiuser Laboratory for Research and Diagnosis in Tropical Diseases at UFPE; and a mycologist in the Medical Residency in Dermatology at Hospital das Clínicas / UFPE. He has experience in the following areas: medical microbiology, with emphasis on diagnosis by proteomic methods using the MALDI-TOF MS technique; antimicrobial sensitivity tests; and the detection of microbial resistance/virulence proteins by mass spectrometry. He is the leader of the research group "Proteomics of microorganisms, infectious and neoplastic processes".