He holds a degree in Geology from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), a Master's degree in Environmental Analysis from São Paulo State University (UNESP), and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of São Paulo (USP).

He was a researcher and professor of Ecological Economics for more than ten years at universities in southern Brazil. He also has 12 years of experience in Brazilian public environmental management, working at levels ranging from local government to the national level, including the Ministry of the Environment.

For six years, he served as the National Coordinator of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Brazil and as a Senior Adviser on Climate Change and Biodiversity at the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) of Stockholm University, Sweden.

Since 2016, he has worked with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), based in Santiago, Chile, where he has coordinated international cooperation activities in numerous countries across the region, primarily in the areas of circular economy, low-carbon economy, nature-based solutions, and sustainable electromobility.