Ronaldo Figueiró Portella Pereira graduated in Biological Sciences (Bachelor in Ecology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the same institution where he completed his Master's and Doctorate in Ecology. From 2006 to 2009 he served as Executive Editor of the journal Oecologia Brasiliensis, currently Oecologia Australis (ISSN: 1981-9366) and from 2011 to July 2022 he was Executive Editor of the journal Revista Práxis (ISSN: 2176-9230). He was one of the founders and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Acta Scientiae et Technicae (ISSN: 2317-8957). He is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Biological and Health Sciences (FCBS) at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), where he teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels and is the coordinator of the Environment and Health Laboratory (LabMAS).