Professor at the School of Pharmacy of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). Coordinator of the Laboratory of Research and Analysis of Food and Contaminants (LAPAAC) and researcher of the Graduate Program in Food Science. Has experience in Food Science, with emphasis on food biochemistry, protein structural/functional characterization, bioactive peptides and experimental nutrition. Graduated in Nutrition (2006). Master in Food and Nutrition—area of Nutritional Sciences (2008), and PhD in Food and Nutrition—area of Food Science and Technology (2013) from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP, SP), with a sandwich period at the Università degli Studi di Milano (Milan, Italy). Post-doctorate (2014) at the Institute of Chemistry of the Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho".