I was born in Três Passos, RS, Brazil, in 1984. I received the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) in 2007, 2009 and 2012, respectively. In 2012, I became an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electronics and Computing at the UFSM, Brazil. Since 2020, I have been an Associate Professor. I have developed my teaching activities in different degrees: Electrical, Telecommunications and Computer Engineering. Also, I have been a researcher with the GEDRE/UFSM Intelligence in Lighting research group since 2008. My contributions are focused in the field of embedded, communication and signal processing systems. My main research interests include embedded and real time systems, wireless sensor and actuator networks, lighting systems, visible light communications, smart grid communication networks, signal processing, artificial intelligence-based communication and signal processing systems. I have been involved as a researcher and team leader of several research and development projects in partnership with private companies as well as with funding from public agencies. I have co-authored more than 60 papers (among them, 16 papers in international journals and more than 40 papers in conferences) and one book. I have been advisor of 6 Master Dissertations in the Postgraduate Program in Electrical Engineering (UFSM). I serve also as reviewer for many IEEE Journals.