Adeilton Brandao has a doctorate in Biological Sciences from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and an executive education certificate from Sauder School of Business, British Columbia University – Vancouver. His research focuses on the untranslated segments of mRNA from protozoa parasites.

He is researcher at the Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Medical Research, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, and co-Editor of «Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz», a journal of microbes & their vectors causing human infections.