Graduated in Naval Architecture from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1978), graduated in Economic Sciences from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (1981), Master's in Ocean Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1982) and sandwich doctorate in Ocean Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and from the University of Strathclyde (1993). He is currently full professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Executive Coordinator of LabOceano, Laboratory of Ocean Technology at COPPE / UFRJ. He has experience in the field of Naval and Oceanic Engineering, with an emphasis on Hydrodynamics, working mainly on the following topics: hydrodynamics of oceanic systems, experimental methods in fluid mechanics; computational hydrodynamics, pseudospectral methods and renewable energy.