Bio
A Brazilian nuclear engineer with a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and an extensive career spanning academia, nuclear governance, and regional cooperation.
He served as professor and rector of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), as president of FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos/MCTI), and as secretary of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC), where he developed broad experience in safeguards, nonproliferation, and bilateral nuclear cooperation between Argentina and Brazil.
An international lecturer and author on nuclear policy and the ABACC model, he collaborates with NPSGLOBAL as a researcher, contributing to work on nuclear verification, regional cooperation, and the role of international institutions in strengthening the global nuclear order. He is a member of the Latin American NDV Research and Innovation Hub.