Full professor at the School of Pharmacy, Federal University of Ouro Preto, working at the graduate and post-graduate levels in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, and Biological Sciences. Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacotecnie-Biopharmacie-Physicochimie) from the Université de Paris-Saclay-France (2000), M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry and gradation in Industrial Pharmacy from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil), with a post-doctoral stage at the Université de Montréal, Canada (2008-2009). Active member of several nanobiotechnology groups in Brazil and a vast network of collaborations worldwide. Research interests: new treatment options using nanostructured materials for infectious and parasitic diseases (malaria, leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease) and chronic degenerative diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases in humans and animals. Advisory Board of FAPEMIG (2011-2015) and CA-DT-CNPq (2022-2024). Head of the Pharmacy Department of the School of Pharmacy of UFOP between 2015 and 2017 and Vice-Rector of Research and Post-Graduation at Federal University of Ouro Preto (2017-2019).