I received my bachelor's degree (2002) and Master of Science degree (2004) from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) in Fortaleza, Brazil. In 1999, I studied for one year at the Technische Universitaet Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH) in Hamburg, Germany. From 2001 to 2004, I conducted research with the Wireless Telecommunications Research Group (GTEL) of the Teleinformatics Engineering Department (DETI) at UFC in the areas of wireless communications, radio resource management, and smart antennas. From 2005 to 2008, I pursued and completed my Ph.D. studies at the Communications Engineering Lab of the Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (TUD) in Darmstadt, Germany, in the same areas. I held scholarships from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (CAPES) during my undergraduate studies, from the Ceará State Foundation for Scientific and Technological Support (FUNCAP) during my M.Sc. studies, and from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and CAPES during my Ph.D. studies. In 2009, I joined UFC as a professor at the Sobral Campus, where I worked as an Assistant/Adjunct Professor for one year in the Computer Engineering program. In 2010, I became a professor at UFC - Campus do Pici - Fortaleza. Currently, I am an Associate Professor IV at the Teleinformatics Engineering Department (DETI), a permanent member of the Teleinformatics Engineering Postgraduate Program (PPGETI), and a researcher at GTEL, where I develop research activities related to 5th and 6th generation wireless communications systems. I am also currently a Research Fellow at CNPq (Level 1D). My research interests include optimization, wireless communications, signal and image processing, and machine learning.