He holds a doctorate in Knowledge Diffusion from a multi-institutional program at UFBA and a master's degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of Campina Grande PB. He is a full professor at the State University of Bahia (UNEB) in the Department of Exact and Earth Sciences at the Salvador Campus. He served as the Research Manager of the Pro-Rectorate of Research and Graduate Education - PPG UNEB and as the coordinator of the UNEB Scientific Initiation program in partnership with CNPQ and FAPESB. He teaches in the doctoral program in Knowledge Diffusion and the master's program in Territorial Studies at UNEB, and he leads the Applied Research and Innovation Group. He was the coordinator of the UNEB Innovation Agency and has worked in recent years with Research and Development Institutes on applied research projects with companies such as Samsung, Ford, Totvs, and Embraer, generating over 16 patents granted and requested as an intellectual author, as well as one technology transfer with the UNEB Online Scientific Initiation System. He is involved with the Data Science BR group, which restructured the Nilo Peçanha Platform of the Ministry of Education. Finally, he was one of the researchers who restructured UNEB's Innovation Policy.