Graduated in Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Master's Degree in Chemistry and Doctorate in Sciences with an emphasis in Analytical Chemistry from the Federal University of Pelotas, where he also worked as a substitute professor. He developed part of his doctorate at the State University of Campinas. He completed a PNPD/CAPES postdoctoral fellowship in the area of Physical Chemistry, in the research group in photochemistry and chemistry of materials, through the Postgraduate Program in Technological and Environmental Chemistry of the Federal University of Rio Grande. He is currently a professor of higher education at the School of Chemistry and Food of the Federal University of Rio Grande. He develops research related to the area of analytical chemistry, with an emphasis on sample preparation and development of spectrometric and electroanalytical methods, aiming at the determination of organic and inorganic compounds in diverse matrices