He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UNICAMP (2006) and a Postdoctoral internship in Image Processing from CRP-Henri Tudor/LIST, Luxembourg (2013). He is currently a Full Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR) and researcher at the Graduate Program in Production and Systems Engineering (PPGEPS-PUCPR). His expertise includes Computer Vision, Digital Image Processing, 3D Reconstruction, Artificial Intelligence (Deep Learning), Digital Twin, and Mixed Reality, with applications in industrial automation, biomedical/healthcare systems, smart cities, and precision agriculture. He also teaches in Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, and Control & Automation programs. He is a CNPq Technological Development Fellow (DT2).