He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry (1997) and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (2005), both from the University of Brasília, Brazil. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Sorbonne University (Faculté des Sciences et Ingénierie), Paris, France, in 2006, and returned as a visiting researcher in 2023. Full Professor at the University of Brasília, he served as coordinator of the Graduate Program in Materials Science from 2015 to 2019. With over 24 years of experience in the field, his research focuses on ferrofluids and magnetic nanocomposites, with recent work exploring magnetic nanomaterials for environmental and energy-related applications. He holds a Research Productivity Grant – PQ (Level 2, CNPQ) and has been an active peer reviewer for numerous scientific journals since 2010. He also serves as a guest editor for Nanomaterials, Applied Sciences, and Discover Surfaces.