About

Eric was born in Juiz de Fora (Brazil), located at the Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais state (Rio's corner), at October 5th 1979.

During his trajectory, obtained the following degrees:

• Dairy sciences (1998) - Instituto de Laticínios Cândido Tostes
• Agronomic engineering (2002) - UFLA,
• Master in Statistics and Agricultural Research (2004) - UFLA
• Doctorate in Statistics and Agricultural Research (2007) - Open University (England) / UFLA (Brazil)
• Pos-doc in Multivariate Statistics (2008) - UFLA.
• Degree in Mathematics (2012) - Unifal-MG