He holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (1997), a Master’s degree in Microbiology from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (2000), and a Ph.D. in Sciences (Microbiology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro / Institut Pasteur (2005).

He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto (2006-2010).

Currently, he is an Assistant Professor 2 at the Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a Cientista do Nosso Estado Fellow (FAPERJ).

He has experience in microbiology and immunology, with an emphasis on receptors of the innate immune system. His main research topics include: innate immunity, NLR proteins, bacterial infections, peptidoglycan, autophagy, and protein aggregation. (Text provided by the author.)

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