Paulo has a Pharmacy-Biochemistry degree from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto (USP), Masters and PhD in Immunology (USP). He did part of his Masters at Yale University School of Medicine (USA) and part of his PhD at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (USA). Currently, he is performing his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Immunology at the University of Alberta, Canada, by working on the role of insulin on B cell metabolism and function.