Visiting Professor at the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC) of Hiroshima University (2011). Visiting professor in the Graduate program at the School for Renewable Energy Science, Akureyri, Iceland (2008, 2009 and 2010). Visiting professor in the Graduate program at the School of Natural Resources of the University of Michigan (2005). Postdoc researcher at the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley (USA, 2004). PhD in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley (2003). Master degree in energy by the Program Interunidades de PostGraduação em Energia (PIPGE-USP, 1996). BA in Social Sciences from the School of Arts, Humanities and Philosophy (FFLCH-USP, 1992) and BSc in Agronomy from Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture; (Esalq-USP, 1987). Member of the International Society of Industrial Ecology. Researcher in the areas of energy sustainability, global climate change, life cycle analysis and industrial ecology.