Mechanical Engineer from the Federal University of Santa Maria (2008). Masters degree (2010) and PhD (2014) in Engineering, with a concentration in Transport Phenomena, from the Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, including a doctoral research stay in Brazil at Fluminense Federal University.Current research areas: computational fluid mechanics with an aerospace emphasis; thermal modeling of power transformers.Professor in the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate program at the Federal University of Santa Maria and in the Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Maria.