Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) and with a degree in Law, Librarianship and Linguistics. President of the Red Latinoamericana de Repositórios de Acesso Aberto a la Ciencia (LA Referencia) (Network of Open Access Repositories for Science Works on the following topics: Scientific Communication, Copyright, Open Access to Scientific Information and Open Science. Coordinator of the Brazilian Open Science Program at the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology. Coordinates the following systems and projects: Brazilian  Portal for Scientific Publications and Data in Open Access (Oasisbr); Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD); Directory of Open Access Policies for Brazilian Scientific Journals (Diadorim); and the Open Access Digital Repositories, Open Access Research Data Repositories, Brazilian Open Access Scientific Journals projects and Project for the creation of the Brazilian Ecosystem of Scientific Investigation (BrCRIS).. Co-organizer of the Portuguese-Brazilian Open Science Conferences (ConfOA). Member of the Executive Board of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR).  Winner of The Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT) award (EPT 2015).