Bio
A nuclear engineer with more than four decades of experience spanning enrichment, reactor design, fuel-cycle operations, safeguards, and nonproliferation. He studied at São Paulo Polytechnic and Stanford University, where he earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering/nuclear.
His career includes service in Brazil’s Nuclear Navy Program and senior responsibilities at the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC) from 1998 to 2014. He was also a member of the IAEA Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards Implementation (SAGSI) from 2010 to 2016.
He is currently a faculty member at NPSGLOBAL, CEO of the Angra 3 design consortium, and a consultant for an SMR project in Brazil. He represents Brazil in the IAEA SMR Technical Working Group and serves as vice-president of ABDAN’s Trustee Council and past chair of the INSC. He is also a member of the Latin American NDV Research and Innovation Hub.