I am a professor at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (ICB/UFMG), in Brazil. My research field is oriented to study respiratory physiology with emphasis on the neuronal brainstem network devoted to controlling breathing, which produces a robust respiratory motor behavior that matches the organism’s metabolic demands. My general goal is to understand how this control system works/adapts to constant changes in (patho)physiological conditions.