Graduating magna cum laude in scientific
academic disciplines at the University of Pisa and Alma Mater
Studiorum- University of Bologna, he was awarded grants by LILT, IMA, AIRC, UNIBO-PhD and CNR, and worked at The Department of
Preventive Medicine and Community Health - The University of Texas
Medical Branch of Galveston, Texas (A.Y. 1991/92, fellowship CNR).
Associate Professor (1992-UNIBA, 1997-UNIBO) and full professor in
Pharmacology and Toxicology (2001-) at the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum
– UNIBO, teaching in Biological Sciences (Bachelor Degree), Health Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biology (Master's Degree). Chief in Health Biology (2001-
2012).
Participates in numerous national and international programs, his researches focus on xenobiotic metabolism – at the genotype
and phenotype level – and on the mechanisms of oxidative protection
of biological systems.
He has developed 3 theories, 6 patents and published
more than 539 papers (230 full papers, 66 short communications, 198 abstracts; 45 others, National journals; IF > 2,048; h-index 31, Scopus Elsevier).
