Rodrigo is a Bioprocess Engineer from the Federal University of São João del Rei (UFSJ), with a sandwich degree in Chemical and Biopharmaceutical Engineering at the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), and holds a master’s degree in Biological Chemistry from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). During his master’s, his research focused on the nationalization of active pharmaceutical ingredients important to Brazil, in collaboration with the industry and both science and technology institutions. He worked as a Researcher and Market Analyst at the SENAI Innovation Institute (ISI), where he conducted market research market research to understand industry trends, competitive landscape, and customer needs as well as negotiation, planning, and execution of innovation projects in the areas of bioeconomy, biotechnology, and biorefinery with national and international public and private partners.