He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of Lorena (2002), a Master’s degree in Materials Engineering from the same institution (2004), and a Ph.D. from the Lorena School of Engineering at the University of São Paulo (USP), with emphasis in Materials Engineering (2008). He was awarded the CAPES Thesis Prize in the field of Materials (2009 edition) in recognition of his doctoral thesis. He completed three postdoctoral fellowships: from 2008 to 2009 and from 2025 to 2026 at Montana State University (USA), and from 2014 to 2015 at the University of São Paulo. He is currently a Full Professor at the Federal University of the Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), teaching in the Engineering programs and in the Graduate Program in Environmental Science and Technology (PPGCTA). He has experience in the fields of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, with emphasis on electrical transport properties, thermal expansion, high-energy milling, and single-crystal growth, conducting research mainly on superconducting materials, magnetic materials, low-dimensional conductive materials, new technologies applied to the environmental field, and solid waste management.