Metallurgical Engineer, PhD in Mineral Engineering ( Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo,2000). Technologist and Research Coordinator at the Center for Mineral Technology (CETEM) and at the National Institute of Technology (INT). After retiring in 2018 remain as Collaborating Researcher at the Center for Mineral Technology and is a collaborating expert to IRTC activities and projects.Team leader on projects with multidisciplinary scope and with international funding from Canada and the EU connected to Policy and Management of Mineral Resources and Materials. CEO of the Brazilian Society for Solidarity (SBS OPJ), a non-governmental organization in the city of Rio de Janeiro