Doctor and Master in Biological Sciences: Biochemistry from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Pharmaceutical-Biochemist from the Catholic University of Pelotas. Retired Professor from the Department of Pharmacology at the Institute of Basic Health Sciences (ICBS) of UFRGS. Guest Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the UFRGS. 1C Researcher of Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Researcher of the Research and Postgraduate Group of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Coordinator of the Research Center for Pharmacology of Pain and Neuromodulation CNPq/UFRGS. Permanent Professor of the Graduate Programs in Biological Sciences: Pharmacology and Therapeutics, ICBS UFRGS, and of the Graduate Program in Medicine: Medical Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine of UFRGS. Full member of the Brazilian Society of Pharmacology. Coordinator of the Pain Pharmacology and Neuromodulation Research Nucleus (CNPq/UFRGS); research focuses on the area of ​​Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Chronic Pain, with an emphasis on neuromodulation, seeking pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapeutic alternatives for pain conditions. Published approximately 290 articles in indexed international scientific journals, with roughly 6,700 citations in the ISI Web of Science and an H-index of 49.