Graduated in Geography with a Bachelor's (2003) and a Licentiate degree (2004) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Holds a Master's in Cartography with specialisation in Geographic Information Technology from the Military Institute of Engineering (IME, 2005), a Ph.D. (2013), and ongoing postdoctoral research (since 2014) in Environmental Planning at UFRJ. During his Ph.D., he undertook academic exchanges at UNAMAD (Peru) and the Wessex Institute of Technology (UK). Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Geography at IGEOG/UERJ and a faculty member of the Graduate Programme in Geography (PPGEO/UERJ). He coordinates the NEGEO/UERJ research group and is a collaborating researcher at the International Virtual Institute on Global Change (IVIG/UFRJ) and IGOT – University of Lisbon. His research interests include urban, environmental and energy planning; geoprocessing (remote sensing and GIS); participatory mapping and collective cartographies; environmental analysis and territorial management; zoning, spatial planning, environmental scenarios, and spatiotemporal data modelling; land use and land cover change (LUCC); deforestation, environmental history, Amazonian geography, and climate change (adaptation and mitigation).