He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering in 1995 from the State University of Santa Catarina and completed his PhD in medical physics at the University of Sheffield. He was a Fulbrighter at Dartmouth College and a visiting researcher at the University of Ljubljana. He has been a full professor at UDESC since 2004, lecturing in electronic instrumentation and coordinating a research group in biomedical engineering. He has been an IEEE member since 2007 and an ICPRBI member since 2016. He is a reviewer for more than 10 international journals and has given international lectures in renowned universities, such as Uruguay, Ljubljana, Sheffield, Copenhagen, Oslo, Cagliari, Lisbon, Hanover, Chemnitz, Mexico, etc. His areas of research interest are focused on electrical bioimpedance and bioinstrumentation, biosensors, and e-Health.
