Holds degree in Statistics, from the Federal University of Ceará (1988); Master of Science in Mathematics, from the Federal University of Pará (1997); PhD in Production Engineering, from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (2004), and postdoctoral studies at the Statistics Department and Applied Probability of the National University of Singapore (2018). Currently is associate professor at the Federal University of Pará, Brazil. Has extensive experience in the area of Probability and Statistics, with emphasis on Data Science, working in the modeling of complex systems using statistical techniques and computational intelligence. Familiarity with data science tools: R and Python.