He holds a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the Federal University of Viçosa (1999), a master's degree (2001) and a PhD in Functional and Molecular Biology (2004) from the State University of Campinas and postdoctoral studies at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, OK, USA. He has experience in the field of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, working mainly in subjects such as secondary metabolism, role of glycosyltransferases in plants and animals and environmental stresses in plants. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Advanced Research (Elsevier) and serves as a reviewer of articles from several indexed scientific journals and ad-hoc advisor to national research promotion agencies. He is a member of the Brazilian Society of Plant Physiology, American Society for Plant Biologists (ASPB), Brazilian Botany Society and Brazilian Society of Soil Science. It has works in collaboration with researchers from national and international teaching / research institutions. He was Head of the Department of Botany, ICB, UFMG from Feb / 2014 to Feb / 2016. She is the coordinator of the Group of Studies in Plant Biochemistry - GEBioPlan and the Network of Studies for the Development of New Urease Inhibitors - REDNIU (www.redniu.org).

Screening of organic compounds that affect plant growth and development, Plant stress response to metals, Role of NO in plant physiology and biochemistry, Chemical and molecular study of plant glycosyltransferases, Water stress: biochemical and physiological implications in plants, Search for natural products derived from plants and non-natural products with potential biological activity, Screening for new urease inhibitors.