BSc in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering and MSc in Transportation Engineering (Military Institute of Engineering: 1989 and 1999). PhD in Transportation Engineering (COPPE / UFRJ: 2004). He has professional experience in companies such as Companhia Brasileira de Petróleo Ipiranga, SHV / Minasgás S.A. Distribuidora de Gás Combustível and Coca-Cola. He held the position of Director of Transport Planning at the Municipal Superintendence of Urban Transport (SMTU) of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro. He was a professor at the Military Institute of Engineering and the Brazilian Capital Markets Institute (IBMEC). Since 2006 he is a professor in the Transportation Engineering Program at COPPE / UFRJ with experience in the areas of Freight Transport Planning, Logistics and Transport, Energy and Environment, with an emphasis on Transportation Systems Management. He was Director (2007 to 2012), President (2013 to 2016) and Executive Director (2017 and 2018) of the National Association for Research and Education in Transportation (ANPET). He is a Productivity Researcher 1A (top 10) and a consultant to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications (MCTIC). He was the lead author of Chapter 8 (Transport) of Assessment Report 5 of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He coordinated the Transport Chapter of the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change (PBMC) for the Ministry of the Environment. He was the founder and currently President of the Brazilian Institute of Sustainable Transport (IBTS) where he is a volunteer collaborator. Considering relations with institutions, he has held various positions as researcher, consultant and project coordinator with public and private entities such as: Ministry of Regional Development, Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications; Ministry of Economy; Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development; Brazilian Climate Change Forum; Federation of Passenger Transport Companies of the State of Rio de Janeiro; Military Institute of Engineering; GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH); Getúlio Vargas Foundation; World Wide Fund for Nature; Greenpeace; Instituto Clima e Sociedade and Climate Works Foundation. In its 20 years of academic activity, it has published 83 scientific articles (30 in indexed journals) in the lines of research on transport, technology and the environment and sustainability in mobility and logistics. He is the author of the only national textbook on transportation, energy use and environmental impacts, recently (2019) published in a global edition in English. He has consolidated professional experience in sustainability management in mobility and logistics, transportation, energy use and environmental impacts and future projections for energy use and environmental impacts in transportation.