Sergio Mota-Rolim studied Medicine at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN (1998-2004), with undergraduate research in sleep, memory and anxiety. He did a M.Sc. in Neuroscience by the Federal University of São Paulo (2005-2007), working with the influence of biological rhythms in sleep and memory. He have a Ph.D. in Neuroscience by UFRN (2008-2012), investigating the epidemiological, cognitive-behavioral and neurophysiological aspects of lucid dreaming. He did a first post-doc at the Brain Institute and Onofre Lopes University Hospital (UFRN) (2013-2019), testing DMT for treatment-resistant depression. He is currently in a second post-doc working with sleep and COVID at the International COVID sleep study (ICOSS) (2020-2025).