Graduated in Veterinary Medicine Federal University of Pelotas in 1985), Master of Science (Federal University of Pelotas in 1989), specialization in Physiological Sciences (University of Rio Grande, 1993), PhD in Experimental and Comparative Pathology (University of São Paulo (1997) and postdoctoral fellow by the Universidade Paulista (2014). He is currently a professor at Universidade Paulista (UNIP) and Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul and professor at the Medicine course at Centro Universitário São Camilo. He has experience in Morphology, with emphasis on Neurobiology.