From 2014 to 2016 he was Adjunct Professor at the Universidade Franciscana, Santa Maria, Brazil. From 2016 to 2018 he was Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria, Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil. Currently, he is at Federal University of Santa Maria, where he is a Adjunct Professor at the Colégio Técnico Industrial de Santa Maria and a Researcher in Power Electronics and Control Group (GEPOC) since 2004 and Electrical and Computational Systems Research and Development Group (GSEC) since 2015. His research interests include adaptive control, grid-connected converters, dimming systems and LED drivers.

Dr. Tambara is member of the Brazilian Power Electronics Society and member of Brazilian Automatic Control Society. Dr. Tambara is a reviewer of the Brazilian Power Electronics Society, Brazilian Automatic Control Society and IET magazines.