graduation at ENgenharia Mecânica from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1987), graduation at Licenciatura em Disc. Esp. do Ensino Técnico from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1996), master's at Material and Metallurgical Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (2011) and doctorate at Material and Metallurgical Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (2015). Has experience in Mechanical Engineering, focusing on Processes of Manufacture, Economic Election, acting on the following subjects: moagem de alta energia, compósitos nb-cu, sinterização, amorfização and high energy milling.