Sergeant of the Reserve, 7th RCMEC (1989), has a degree (1999), a master's degree (2002) and a doctorate (2006) in Forest Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria. He is currently a CNPq Research Productivity Scholar, associate professor of the Industrial Wood Eng. Course at the Federal University of Pelotas, Coordinator of the CEng-UFPel Research Chamber, Professor of the Graduate Program; Materials Science and Engineering; and; Environmental Sciences (UFPel); Forest Engineering (UFSM) and Invited Professor in the University Master in Renewable Materials Engineering (UPV - Spain). Chief Editor of Ciência da Madeira Magazine. He has experience in the Forest Products Technology area, with an emphasis on Wood Quality and Wood Chemistry, acting mainly on the following themes: biorefinery, quality, mechanical and mechanical characteristics, verification, anatomy and treatment of wood. He is a member of the international research group Biorefinery Processes - Biorp and National Science of Wood.