Acoustic Engineer from Universidad Austral de Chile (1995). Master's degree (1999) and PhD (2003) in Acoustics and Vibrations from Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Specialist in Occupational Safety Engineering (2019). Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Postgraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering (POSMEC) at UFSC. He has experience and research in the following subjects: sound quality of systems, products and environments; acoustic metamaterials; materials for sound absorption and attenuation at low frequencies; exposure to industrial, vehicular and environmental noise; noise and vibration control in buildings and hearing protection. Researcher of the research groups: Vibration and Acoustics Group (CNPq/UFSC); MOPT - Multidisciplinary Optimization Group; G-METTA: Multidisciplinary Group on Work Ergonomics and Applied Technologies (UFSC/CNPq). Acts as a reviewer for indexed journals: Applied Acoustics, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Thin-Walled Structures; Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing; Journal of Sound and Vibration; Shock and Vibration; Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration Active Control; International Journal of Mechanical Sciences; International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration.