Marco started his Ph.D in 2021, under the supervision of prof. Jean Côté and the co-supervisionn of prof. Jean-Marie Konrad, to study internal erosion by suffusion of Quebec tills. Previously, he worked in the management of geotechnical projects of dams in northern Brazil. Marco obtained his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) in 2016, with an exchange program at the University of Florence (Italy). He holds a master's degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on the rheological behavior of soft clays.

After having completed his bachelor and master program at Amirkabir University of Technology (Teheran Polytechnic, Iran), Sina began his Ph.D. program in September 2019 under the supervision of professor Jean Côté. Having experience on internal erosion in embankment dams during his master (experimental experience), he decided to continue his research in this field, in particular backward erosion piping in the foundation of embankments.