I am an Assistant Professor at Insper. My research examines how institutional arrangements and organizational dynamics shape the creation, protection, transfer, and erosion of knowledge within and across firm boundaries. The central focus of my work is to understand how firms adapt their innovation strategies in response to the rules, incentives, and evaluative pressures that govern technological activity. Current projects examine how innovation policy, certification and evaluative regimes, trade-secret protection, employee mobility, and social trust influence firms’ technological search, collaboration patterns, acquisition outcomes, and innovative performance. In a complementary stream, I investigate how knowledge produced in academia reaches industry, examining how technology-transfer professionals, university regulations, and regional contexts shape the commercialization and diffusion of academic knowledge. 

Before embarking on my academic career, I worked for several years as a requirements engineer at Robert Bosch GmbH in Germany. I am enthusiastic about innovation and the inventor of seven patents. 

Last updated: June 2026