Dr. Pacheco is an associate professor and section director of dental materials at the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University. He is the course director of dental materials for dental students, graduate, and dental hygiene students, and teaches operative dentistry and fixed prosthodontics. Dr. Pacheco holds a DDS, an M.Sc. (Dental Materials), and a Ph.D. (Dental Materials). He is currently the vice chair of the department of restorative sciences at the Dental College of Georgia. He was previously an associate professor with tenure and department chair at the University of Detroit Mercy, School of Dentistry (since 2015). Dr. Pacheco is a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan, School of Dentistry since 2019 for multiple dental and graduate courses. He is the author/co-author of multiple peer-reviewed journal articles, five book chapters and his research is focused on dental materials used in restorative dentistry (polymerization, dental ceramics, resin composites, and adhesive systems).