PhD in Ecology at Imperial College, University of London, UK (1996), BSc in Biological Science at State University of Campinas, Brazil (1989). Postdoctoral fellow at Macquarie University, Australia (1996-1998), Postdoctoral fellow at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1998-1999) and Postdoctoral fellow at State University of Campinas, Brazil (1999-2000). Visiting Professor at University of California Davis (2018-2019). Currently an Associate Professor from the Department of Ecology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Works since 1992 with scientific research onRestoration Ecology, Plant Ecology and Biodiversitywith the aim of developing new technologies applicable to the restoration of degraded tropical and subtropical ecosystems.