Atualmente é professor Adjunto IV do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, docente permanente e orientador de Mestrado e Doutorado no Programa de Pós-graduação em Biociências Aplicadas à Saúde e no Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG). Possui Mestrado (2010) e Doutorado (2012) em Biologia Celular e Estrutural pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). Atualmente é bolsista de produtividade em pesquisa nível 2 do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). É consultor Ad hoc do CNPq, membro associado da Sociedade Brasileira de Microscopia e Microanálise (SBMM) e da Sociedade Brasileira de Biologia Celular (SBBC). É Editor Associado do periódifo Frontiers in Immunology (seção Parasite Immunology), Editor Acadêmico dos periódicos Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, e International Journal of Tropical Disease and Health. Membro do corpo editorial dos periódicos Reactive Oxygen Species, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medical Sciences, e American Journal of BioScience. Atuou como Editor convidado dos periódicos Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (2016-2018) e Mediators of Inflammation (2020-2021). Desenvolve projetos de pesquisa financiados pela FAPEMIG, CNPq, SESU/MEC/UNIFAL-MG, North Carolina State University, e Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). É líder do grupo de pesquisa Patologia e Parasitologia Clínica e Experimental da UNIFAL-MG credenciado pelo CNPq. Possui experiência nas áreas de doença de Chagas, prospecção de novas drogas antiparasitárias, terapêutica experimental, histofisiologia de órgãos e tecidos, morfologia quantitativa, e patologia.
He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, permanent professor and advisor for the Master and Doctorate in the Postgraduate Program in Biosciences Applied to Health and in the Postgraduate Program in Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG). Master (2010) and Doctorate (2012) in Cellular and Structural Biology from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). He is currently a research productivity scholarship level 2 of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). He is an ad hoc consultant for CNPq, associate member of the Brazilian Society of Microscopy and Microanalysis and Brazilian Society of Cell Biology, Academic Editor of the international journals Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and International Journal of Tropical Disease and Health, and member of the editorial board of the international journals Reactive Oxygen Species, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medical Sciences, and American Journal of BioScience. He was guest editor of the journal Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (2016-2018). Develops research projects funded by FAPEMIG, CNPq, SESU / MEC / UNIFAL-MG, North Carolina State University, and Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). He is the leader of the research group Pathology and Clinical and Experimental Parasitology at UNIFAL-MG, accredited by CNPq. He has experience in the areas of Chagas disease, prospecting for new antiparasitic drugs, experimental therapy, organ and tissue histophysiology, quantitative morphology, e pathology,
