Expertise mainly focused in the use of renewable resources and nanocomposites in sensors, drug delivery and environmental recovery. Coordination of 10 research projects with financial support from government sponsoring agencies. Published 141 scientific articles. Published 3 chemistry books in Portuguese and 3 books about Biopolymers in English. Published 197 papers in Conferences and Scientific meetings. Co- convener of the Sixth International Conference on Natural Polymers, Biopolymers and biomaterials: Applications from macro to nanoscale (http://www.biopolymers.macromol.in/) and Chairman of the Fifth International Conference on Natural Polymers, Biopolymers and biomaterials: Applications from macro to nanoscale (https://www.icnp2017rio.com/). Supervisor of 128 undergraduate students; 29 M.Sc. students, 12 Ph.D. students and 6 Post Doc. Nowadays I am the supervisor of 8 undergraduate students; 5 M.Sc. students, 10 Ph.D. students and 3 Post Doc. Member of the editorial board of Current Applied Polymer Science (ISSN 2452-2716) since 2016, Associate Editor of the MedCrave Online Journal (MOJ) Polymer Science (ISSN: 2574-9773) since 2017, and Editor of the Academic Journal of Polymer Science, since 2018. Award Young Scientist of Rio de Janeiro State (FAPERJ 2011 and 2014), member of Post Graduate Program in Science and Technology of Polymers of the macromolecules Institute / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) since 2008, member of Post Graduate Program in Civil Engineering (COPPE/UFRJ) between 2015-2019 and member of Post Graduate Program in Nanotechnology (COPPE/UFRJ) since 2019.