Associate Professor at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Guaratinguetá Campus (Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry and Energy). CNPq Research Productivity Fellow (Level 2) since 2016. Faculty member in the Graduate Programs in Mechanical Engineering (UNESP) and Bioenergy (UNESP/USP/UNICAMP). Chairman of CLAGTEE and coordinator of IPBEN-UNESP's associated laboratory in Guaratinguetá since 2020. Holds B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from UNESP (1989, 1995, 1999), specializing in Energy Transmission and Conversion. Coordinator of a CAPES-BRAFITEC project (since 2015). Former coordinator of the Mechanical Engineering program (2021–2024) at UNESP Guaratinguetá and the Licentiate in Mathematics (2003–2009) at UNISAL Lorena. Served as faculty member at UNISAL (2000–2009). Extensive experience in Energy, focusing on energy auditing, cogeneration, thermoeconomics, exergy, thermodynamics, energy conservation, and bioenergy. ORCID: 0000-0002-2020-7063. ResearcherID: Y-9381-2018. Scopus ID: 6507957135.