graduate at Ciências Biológicas from Fundação Técnico Educacional Souza Marques (1990) and master's at Biologia Celular e Molecular from Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (2002). Has experience in Parasitology, focusing on Animal Parasite Protozoology, acting on the following subjects: trypanosoma evansi, pantanal, mal de cadeiras, reservoir and coati.