Received a B.Sc. degree and an M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil, in 1999 and 2001, respectively, and received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil, in 2006. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil. His current research interests include IoT- and WSN-focused energy harvesting system development, testing of VLSI integrated circuits and embedded/intelligent systems, with more than 100 publications in all these areas, and he has advised 40+ grad and undergrad students. He is an IEEE senior member and an IEEE I&M Society member, is a productivity researcher in Microelectronics of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), and a member of the Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology in Micro and Nano Electronic Systems, INTC NAMITEC.