Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (1996), Master in Biological Sciences (Botany) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2000) and PhD in Plant Biology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2012). Researcher at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute since 2001. Experience in botany, with emphasis on the taxonomy of phanerogams of the botanical families Dilleniaceae, Ochnaceae, Orchidaceae, Bromeliaceae, Melastomataceae, Gentianaceae and Phyllanthaceae; in floristics of phanerogams in the Atlantic Forest, especially in rupicolous vegetation on inselbergs; and applied research on in situ and ex situ conservation of endangered species of the national flora. Administrative experience of biological collections in the Technical Headship of the Prof. Mello Leitão Museum of Biology (1999-2001 and 2017-2018); Head of the Science Division of the National Institute of the Atlantic Forest; coordination of the Curatorship of Living Collections at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden (2001-2007 and 2014-2016), as well as currently head of the National Botanical Garden Registration System and Support for the Development of Botanical Gardens in Brazil, at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute.