Graduate at Engenharia Química from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1995), master’s at Chemical Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1998) and ph.d. at Chemical Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2002). Has experience in Chemistry, focusing on Thermodynamical Chemistry, acting on the following subjects: co2 supercrítico, extração supercrítica, modelagem termodinâmica, equilíbrio líquido-vapor and vitamina e -alfa tocoferol.