CNPq productivity scholarship - PQ2 starting in 2022. Associate Professor at the Department of Animal Science and Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM - Campus Palmeira das Missões. He holds a degree in Animal Science from the Federal University of Santa Maria (1994), a Master's in Animal Science from the Federal University of Santa Maria (1997) and a PhD from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2008). He worked as a professor at the Department of Animal Science at the Federal University of Pelotas, working in the Undergraduate courses in Agronomy, Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (2012-2018). In the Graduate Program, he worked as a permanent professor of the Graduate Program in Animal Science (PPGZ) at the Faculty of Agronomy Eliseu Maciel-UFPEL, advising students in the Master's and Doctorate (2013-2020). He currently works as a mentor in two programs: Agribusiness Graduate Program (PPGAGR) and in the Zootechnics Graduate Program (PPGZootecnia) guiding Master's students, both from the Federal University of Santa Maria, at the Campus of Palmeira das Missões and Santa Maria, respectively.