Graduated in Agronomic Engineering from the Colombian Polytechnic Jaime Isaza Cadavid, with a Master's and Doctorate in Agronomy (Plant Protection) from São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho,” Botucatu Campus. Specialist in natural rubber cultivation in all its phases, pre-productive and productive. Has extensive experience in exchanging practical and theoretical knowledge in companies such as Hevea-tec (Brazil), Cautex (Brazil), CEPLAC (Brazil), IAC (Brazil), Michelline (Brazil), Embrapa (Brazil), Federal Institute of Acre (Brazil), Agrosavia (Colombia), Industrias Alas de Colombia (Colombia), Sinchi Amazon Institute (Colombia), Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (United States) on Natural Rubber Production Alternatives, China, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Singapore, Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina, and Ecuador. Member of the Latin American Society of Rubber Technology (SLTC), the São Paulo Association of Rubber Producers and Processors (APABOR), and the Sustainable Rubber Committee of processing plants in Brazil. Researcher, speaker, book reviewer, and peer reviewer for Summa Phytopathologica.