Associate Professor of International Law at Fluminense Federal University (UFF) School of Law and Professor of International Law at Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro). Wutong Chair Professor at College of Sinology and Chinese Studies of Beijing Language and Culture University. Ph.D in International Law at the University of São Paulo (USP). Vice-President of the Brazil-China State Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association - Rio de Janeiro section. In 2024, the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China awarded him the Chinese Government Friendship Award 2023 for his “important contribution to China’s socialist modernization as well as exchanges and cooperation with other countries.” Visiting Scholar at the Peking University’s School of Government (September 2023 to July 2024). In 2023, he was awarded by the Cross of Merit of Fraternal Brazil-China Integration (Sino-Brazilian Merit), given by the National Congress (Brazilian Parliament) and Brazil-China Parliamentary Groups of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Brasília, capital of Brazil. Senior Visiting Scholar at Peking University’s School of Government (since September 2023 until July 2024). Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding (iGCU), Peking University (October 2023 to October 2024). Senior Scholar at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SHUFE) under China Scholarship Council Program in partnership with the Organization of American States (OAS-CSC Program 2012-2014).  Senior Foreign Expert at Center for BRICS Studies at Fudan University (2014-2015) under the High-end Foreign Experts Recruitment Program implemented by State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, China. Chief Executive Editor of the magazine China Hoje – Brazilian version of the magazine 今日中国 published by China International Communication Group (CICG). Author of the book “China: Tradição e Modernidade na Governança do País” (China: Tradition and Modernity in the Governance of the Country).