PhD and Master of Laws from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Bachelor of Laws from the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Holds a Post-Doc from Columbia Law School. International visiting professor at Columbia Law School. Professor and Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program, and permanent faculty member of the Graduate Program in Law and Regulation at FGV Rio Law. Professor of the LL.M. courses in Law at FGV Rio Law. Professor of Criminal and Criminal Procedure Law at the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Vice-President, and Elected Director of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCRIM). Active member of the Instituto dos Advogados Brasileiros (IAB), and member of the Permanent Commission on Criminal Law, the Human Rights Commission, and the Criminology Commission.