Master's of Science in Química Biológica from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1991) and PhD at Biochemistry from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1996). Has experience in Biochemistry, acting on the following subjects: nak-atpase, na+,k+-atpase, ouabain, protein kinases and na,k-atpase. He has been advisor for 12 MSc students and 13 PhD students at Post-graduation course at IBqM- UFRJ. Acts as peer- reviewer from several respected science journals as: International Journal of Biochemistry Cell Biology, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta- Biomembranes, Acta biochimica e Biophysica Sinica, Comparative Biochem. and Physiology, The Open AIDS Journal, Journal of Molecular Structure, Current Medicinal Chemistrty, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Recent Patents in Antiinfective Drug Discovery, International Journal of Radiation Biology, FEBS Letters, BioMed Research International, PLOS ONE and Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, Planta Medica and Food Bioscience. CFLF has proved experience in the following research fields: Enzymology with enphasis in structural and kinetic properties of Na,K-ATPase and Reverse Transcriptase (HIV-1); Osmoregulation; Protein kinases; Signal transduction; Biochemical and Physiological implication of FXYD2 and other FXYD proteins; Alpha amylases and also works with heterologous protein expression of enzymes with industrial profile.
Possui Mestrado em Química Biológica pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1991) e Doutorado em Química Biológica pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1996), sob a orientação dos Profs. Helena Maria Scofano e Hector Barrabin . Realizou seu Pos-Doc na Universidade de Aarhus, Dinamarca com o Prof. Jens G. Norby (trabalhando com a Na+,K+-ATPase) e na Universidade Federal Fluminense, atuando na area de Virologia Molecular. Orientou 12 teses de Mestrado e 13 de Doutorado. Atualmente é revisor Ad-hoc das revistas - International Journal of Biochemistry Cell Biology, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta- Biomembranes, The Open AIDS Journal, Journal of Molecular Structure, Current Medicinal Chemistrty, African Journal of Biochemistry and Research, African Jounal of Microbiological Research, Acta Biochimica e Biophysica Sinica, Comparative Biochem. and Physiology, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Recent Patents in Antiinfective Drug Discovery, International Journal of Radiation Biology, FEBS Letters, BioMed Research International, PLOS ONE, Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, Current topics in Medicinal Chemistry, Planta Médica, Food Bioscience and Journal of Experimental Zoology. Atua como Professor Associado IV do Instituto de Bioquímica Médica da UFRJ. Tem experiência nas áreas de Bioquímica de membranas, Sinalização Celular, Expressão de proteínas e de Virologia Molecular, com ênfase em Regulação da Atividade em P Type ATPases, atuando nos seguintes temas: Na+,K+-ATPase, ouabaina, infecção viral , transcriptase reversa, osmorregulação, proteinas cinases e FXYD2, alpha amilases e expressão heteróloga de enzimas com interesse industrial.
