Carlos has a BSc degree in Chemistry (Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná) completed in 2019 with a project on the representation of chemical bonds, and a degree in Bioengineering from the University of Algarve. At the beginning of 2023, he carried out his final degree project in association with GreenCoLab, in which he worked in the Biorefinery developing and optimizing an efficient approach to processing microalgae biomass with a focus on protein extraction.