PhD in Geography from the Paulista State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP/Presidente Prudente Campus (CAPES 7 Concept). Visiting Professor at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Visiting Professor at the University of Porto - U.P/Portugal. Member of the Center for Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning - CEGOT/ University of Porto - Portugal. Leader of the Laboratory of Geographic Studies and Research on Cities, Territories and Socio-spatial Vulnerabilities - LACIT. He is also leader of the Laboratory of Studies and Geographical Research on Housing and Housing - LAHAM. Adjunct Professor III at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), linked to the Faculty of Geography, Ananindeua Campus, Brasil. He served as Deputy Deputy Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Geography - PPGEO/UFPA. He also acts as a PERMANENT professor at the Graduate Program in Geography (PPGEO)/UFPA, guiding MASTER and DOCTORATE research and developing work related to the themes: Urban financialization, Environment and Urban Development, Socio-spatial Vulnerability, Socio-spatial Inequality and Segregation, Urbanization and Metropolization, Small and Medium Cities, Urban Spatial Planning, Urban Planning and Management, Housing Policies, Urban Mobility, City and consumption.