Adjunct Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences at the Federal University of Santa Maria, linked to the Graduate Program in Communication Sciences. Graduated in Social Communication - Habilitation Journalism from the Federal University of Santa Maria (2004), Master's degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (2007), PhD in Communication Sciences from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (2012) ). He did a postdoctoral internship in Communication at the Federal University of Santa Maria (2014) and at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) (2022). Leader of the CNPq research group Media circulation and communication strategies. He has experience in the field of Communication, working mainly on the following topics: social networks, media and religion, journalism, media discourse, communication and biopolitics.