Graduated in Electrical Mechanical Engineer at the National University of Altiplano, Peru; and holds a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Londrina, Brazil. He is currently a student and researcher in the Doctoral program at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has experience in the areas of generation, transmission and distribution. Acting mainly in the following subjects: planning of transmission systems; optimization of electrical systems; series capacitive compensation in transmission lines; DC lines; storage units; power flow; optimal power flow and metaheuristic algorithms.