Graduated in Agricultural Engineering from the Colombian Polytechnic Jaime Isaza Cadavid, with a master's and doctorate in Agronomy (Phytopathology) from the São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Botucatu campus. Specialist in rubber tree cultivation in all its phases, pre-productive and productive. He has extensive experience in the exchange of practical and theoretical knowledge in companies such as Hevea-tec (Brazil), Cautex (Brazil), CEPLAC (Brazil), IAC (Brazil), Michelin (Brazil), Embrapa (Brazil), Federal Institute of Acre (Brazil), Agrosavia (Colombia), Alas Industries of Colombia (Colombia), Sinchi Amazon Institute (Colombia), Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (United States) in Alternatives to Natural Rubber Production, 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 the processing industries in Brazil. Researcher, lecturer, book critic, and reviewing member of Summa Phytopathologica.