He obtained the title of electrical engineer in 1996 from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) and PhD in Space Geophysics in 2003 from the National Research Institute (INPE), where he supervises doctoral and master's theses and scientific initiation projects. He has published 74 articles in international indexed journals, 40 full and expanded articles in conference proceedings, and presented 213 communications at scientific meetings, in addition to 1 academic article and 13 lectures on scientific dissemination. He has obtained 13 scientific awards as an author and work advisor and is a reviewer and editor of international scientific journals. Additionally, he was General Manager of the Embrace Program (Brazil's Space Weather Prediction Center) between 2012 and 2018, was president of the Brazilian Society of Space Geophysics and Aeronomy (SBGEA) between 2013 and 2016, and was deputy director of the International Space Environment Service (ISES, an international organization dedicated to Space Weather) between 2016 and 2019. Currently, he is the General Coordinator of Space and Atmospheric Sciences at INPE and vice-president of the Latin American Association of Space Geophysics (ALAGE). He is also the Brazilian representative on the WMO's Inter-Programme Team on Space Weather Information, Systems and Services (IPT-SWeISS), and a member of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Space Experts Group.