EDUCATION

Chemistry

Univ. Guaxupé Educ. Foundation (Guaxupé, MG, Brazil, 2000).

Specialization in College Chemistry Teaching

Federal University of Lavras (Lavras, MG, Brazil, 2002).

Master of Sciences (Analytical Chemistry)

Federal Univ. of São Carlos (São Carlos, SP, Brazil, 2006).

Advisor: Prof. Joaquim A. Nóbrega.

Thesis: "Avaliação da viabilidade da determinação de cobalto e cromo em alimentos por espectrometria de absorção atômica com forno tubular na chama e aerossol térmico (TS-FF-AAS)".

Philosophy Doctor (Chemistry)

Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC, USA, 2010).

Advisor: Prof. Bradley T. Jones.

Dissertation: "Trends in tungsten coil atomic spectrometry".

Postdoctoral Fellow

Federal Univ. of São Carlos (São Carlos, SP, Brazil, 2012).

Supervisor: Prof. Joaquim A. Nóbrega.

Project: "Determination of P, S and Si in biodiesel by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with a collision/reaction interface".