Full Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences at the State University of Feira de Santana, where he has worked in the discipline of Ethnobiology since 1995. He is currently a guiding professor in the Ecology and Evolution and Botany postgraduate programs, both at UEFS. He was director of UEFS Editora from 2010 to 2020. He works on the following topics: ethnobotany, ethnozoology, entomophagy, use and conservation of animals and plants, environmental education, biocultural heritage, spiritual ecology and traditional medicine.