I have received my bachelor's degree (2005) and my Master's degree (2008 - under the supervision of Professor Luiza Amália de Moraes) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). In 2013, I received my Ph.D at the Kent State University under the supervision of Professor Mikhail Chebotar (sites.google.com/a/kent.edu/mikhail-chebotar/home). During the years of 2013-2014 at São Paulo University (Brazil), I was working on a Post-Doc position under the supervision of Professor Ivan Shestakov (www.ime.usp.br/~shestak/ ). Since 2014, I work at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), where I am currently an Associate Professor I.