Ph.D. In Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology at Catholic University of Brasilia - Thesis “Production of Polypeptin A analogues by Paenibacillus elgii strain AC13 and quorum sensing dependent bacterial processes”.; M.Sc. in Molecular Biology at University of Brasilia and B.Sc. in Biology emphasis in Marine Biology at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Has experience in Microbiology and Applied Microbiology: soil microbiology, marine microbiology, antimicrobial activity of natural products by bacteria, bacterial communication processes, quorum sensing dependent pathways and non-ribosomal lipopeptides synthesis. Researcher fellow at the Environmental Technology and Water Resources Graduate Program from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technology College of the University of Brasília.