Ph.D. in Functional and Molecular Biology - UNICAMP Brazil (1994), Pos-Doc in Molecular Biology of Microorganisms conducted at the Institute of Microbiology in the Westifaliche Muenster University - Germany (1997). Currently Associate Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Main research interests in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, with emphasis on the application of molecular tools aiming the characterization of microbial biodiversity and its application in biotechnological processes for the treatment and utilization of agro-industrial residues for the biological production of hydrogen and other metabolites of technological interest.
