He is an Associate Professor with a Habilitation in Biochemistry from the Department of Chemistry (DQ) at the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP). He is the leader of the GeBIL – Lipid Biotechnology and Immunochemistry Study Group, and advisor for Master’s and Doctoral students in graduate programs (permanent professor: PPG-Biochemistry – FMRP-USP; PPGIBA-UFAM; and with potential for specific advising at PPG-Chemistry-USP). He was a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in collaboration with Prof. Christopher Overall, Ph.D., Centre for Blood Research (2023-2024). He is the Coordinator of the “ImunoCovid” and “AerobiCOVID” research consortia at the USP-Ribeirão Preto campus. He holds a degree in Chemistry (Bachelor’s, Teaching Credential, and Biotechnology Assignments) from the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) – Universidade de São Paulo (USP) (2002); a direct Ph.D. from the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP) – USP (2006) in the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology – Biochemistry Program; a postdoctoral fellowship at CNRS-UMR6218 – Molecular Immunopharmacology – Transgenose Institut, Université d’Orléans, France (2011-2012); and a sandwich postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Colorado – Denver, USA, and the Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto – USP (2014-2016), with an emphasis on Biochemical and Molecular Pharmacology. He previously worked as a Laboratory Specialist (S3 category) at the Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP) – USP (2003-2020). His scientific experience includes Biochemistry, Biochemical Pharmacology, Immunology, and Biotechnology, with research focus on Viral Infections (COVID-19), extracellular vesicles, lipid metabolism, inflammation, tumor biology, mass spectrometry applied to biomolecules (lipidomics and metabolomics), protease activity, and enzymology of cellular metabolism (proteomics and degradomics). He engages in collaborative projects with medical and dental clinics. He served as the technical manager of Ceqil – Center of Excellence in Lipid Quantification and Identification – FCFRP-USP. He is member of university committees, reviewer for FAPESP, CNPq, and international scientific journals, as well as Guest Editor for scientific journals. (Translated from Currículo Lattes)
