He graduated in Agronomy from the Federal University of Paraná (1993), MSc in Agronomy from the Federal University of Paraná (1997) and PhD in Chemistry from the University of São Paulo – USP (2002). He developed post-doctoral research at the Institute of Physics – São Carlos – University of São Paulo (USP) and University of Limerick-Ireland (Chemical and Environmental Science). Research fellow (“Cientista do Nosso Estado) of Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – FAPERJ. He is Senior Researcher at Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa Soils). He has experience in Soil Chemistry, Chemometrics, Physical Chemistry, focusing on Spectroscopy, acting on the following subjects: soil organic matter, humic substances, humic acids, pyrogenic carbon (black carbon), biochar and spectroscopies techniques such as: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Fluorescence and Infrared.