He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS (2006) and a degree in General Engineering from École Centrale de Lyon ECL, France (2005), as part of a double-degree program in Engineering. He holds a Master's degree in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics ITA (2010) and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS (2016). He worked as an engineer at Embraer S.A. from 2008 to 2012, in activities related to technological development, multidisciplinary optimization, and aircraft sales support. He is a Professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria UFSM, affiliated with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Aerospace Engineering undergraduate program. He served as Coordinator of the Aerospace Engineering Program at UFSM from 2020 to 2025. He has experience in aerospace structures, structural dynamics, aeroelasticity, conceptual aircraft design, optimization methods, metamodeling, uncertainty analysis, reliability, and multidisciplinary integration