Productivity Scholarship Holder in Technological Development and Innovative Extension from CNPq - DT 1D, and also an Associate Editor of the international journal Chemical Engineering Communications, ranked as Qualis A3 in the areas of Engineering II and III. Holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria (2002), a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2004), and a doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering from the same institution, completed in December 2009. During the doctoral period, was a scholarship holder of the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) for 2 years at the Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen, in Germany.Currently, holds the position of Associate Professor IV in the Undergraduate Course in Chemical Engineering, and is a Permanent Faculty member of the Graduate Programs in Chemical Engineering and Production Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Maria. With an H-index of 24 in SCOPUS, possesses experience in the field of Chemical Engineering, with a focus on Industrial Processes, primarily involving the production of biofuels and olefins from catalytic reactions with alcohols, separation processes aimed at obtaining and purifying biofuels and alternative fuels, assessment of the energy and environmental efficiency of biofuels and alternative fuels in internal combustion engines, and advanced computational modeling of separation processes, chemical kinetics, and combustion kinetics.