Graduation in Medicine (2008) at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). PhD in Medicine: Medical Sciences at UFRGS (2013). Clinical Neurologist and Specialist in Neurogenetics at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Medical Geneticist by the Brazilian Society of Medical Genetics. Consultant of Neurogenetics at the Medical Genetics Service of Hospital de Clênicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil. Jonas is a member of the Neurogenetics research group of UFRGS, participating in research projects related to genetics of movement disorders and leading research projects in hereditary spastic paraplegias and genetics of neuromuscular diseases.