Graduated in Pharmacy - habilitation Industry / Foods by UFMG (1989), obtained the title of Master in Pharmaceuticals and Medicines by the University of São Paulo (1993), the title of Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics by Temple University, Philadelphia, USA (2000). He completed sabbatical (12 months) in the Department of Chemistry (Analytical) of the University of Minnesota (2013-2014). Currently Associate Professor in the Pharmaceutical Products Department of the Faculty of Pharmacy of UFMG. He is active in the area of ​​Analysis and Control of Medicines, with previous experience in institutions such as the Ezequiel Dias Foundation (Belo Horizonte, MG), the Pharmaceutical Laboratory of the State of Pernambuco (Recife, PE) and Colgate-Palmolive (Osasco, SP). The main themes of quality control of drugs, medicines and cosmetics are: Development of analytical methods by HPLC, by visible ultraviolet (conventional, derivative) spectrophotometry, dissolution profile evaluation for pharmaceutical equivalence studies; polymorphism; Drug stability, inhaled efficacy. It is of interest in microbiological evaluation of pharmaceutical analyzes of plant extracts, characterization techniques such as infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, laser diffraction granulometry, comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography.

Health Sciences, Drug Production and Control.