He holds a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy-Clinical Analysis from PUCRS, a specialization in Activation of Processes of Change in Higher Education for Health Professionals from FIOCRUZ, and a master's degree in Biosciences from PUCRS. He holds a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from PUCRS/Universitat de Barcelona and completed his Postdoctoral studies at Universitat de Barcelona. Currently, he is an associate professor at the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Santa Maria. He serves as an Ad-Hoc evaluator for research projects at the Agence Nationale de la Recherche - French National Research Agency - France, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica - FONCyT - Argentina, and Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica - CONICYT - Chile. He supervises graduate students (Master's and Ph.D.) in the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UFSM. He has experience in Microbiology, with emphasis on the study of antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-parasitic activities of nanostructures and natural products. Currently, his research focuses on photodynamic therapy and antimicrobial action of metallic thin films. He was the coordinator of the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UFSM (2019-2021). He is a research productivity scholar from CNPq and a Visiting Professor Abroad (CAPES-PrInt) at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.