Bachelor’s degree in Sciences from Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (1990), Specialist’s degree in Microbiology from Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (1993), Master’s degree in Biological Sciences (Microbiology) from Federal University of Minas Gerais (2000) and doctoral degree in Biological Sciences (Microbiology) from Federal University of Minas Gerais (2004). Currently, he has been Adjunct 2 Professor of Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys.
Professor of the Department of Basic Science from September 1991 to 1992 (substitute professor), he taught Microbiology and Immunology I (FAFEOD, nowadays UFVJM). He joined FAFEOD as an auxiliary professor in November 1992 and taught the subjects Microbiology and Immunology I to Dentistry course in 1997. When the Nursery Course was created, he taught these same subjects to the undergraduate students of this course. Currently, he has been a professor of the Department of Basic Sciences of Health, where he has been teaching the General Microbiology subject to the undergraduate students of the health care area courses. He has taught, as a cooperative professor, the subject of Oral Microbiology, and has also worked in the Periodontology specialization course where he was responsible for the Microbiology and Immunology subjects.
With experience in General Microbiology, focused in Bacteriology, he has been working on the following themes: Microorganism’s Biology and Physiology, antimicrobials susceptibility test, microorganisms’ isolation and molecular biology – analysis of external membrane proteins, total proteins, lipopolysaccharide, ribotyping and cloning - microbiological analysis of water.
Research Study: “Ribotyping in lineage of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans sensitive and resistant to chlorhexidine”, which was selected among the best studies in the Agricultural and Biological Sciences Area, during the Scientific Initiation Week of Federal University of Minas Gerais.
In Accordance with the Executive Order n. 444, from 08/01/2007 and published in the Union Official Diary of the following day, he was nominated for running the chair of Deputy Provost of Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys (UFVJM) for a 4-year mandate. He was installed on August 2nd, 2007.