In 2010, he graduated in computer engineer from Federal University of Pará (BR). In 2017, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Twente (NL). A number of solutions proposed in his Ph.D. thesis were deployed by network operators worldwide and some methodologies are used by the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit. During his Ph.D., he also acted as technical advisor to the Dutch National Cyber Security Center and to the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. DDoS attacks and multi-disciplinary data-driven research for cyber security are his main fields of interest. Besides his researching career, in less than six months as assistant professor (2018), he was voted by students as one of the best lectures of the EEMCS faculty. He also won (2018) the regional and national competition for the best science communicator (FameLab).