Full Professor of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Messina and Onorary Professor in Pharmacology, University of Manchester and Saint Louis University. Graduated in Pharmacy and Medicine and Medical School and Coordinator of the PhD Program Committee “Experimental Medicine” - University of Messina; Vice-Director of Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences - University of Messina; Director of Unit Anticancer Drugs School of Medicine- University of Messina; Vice-Rector for Research, Administrative office of the Vice-Rectors, University of Messina; Honorary Lecturer in Pharmacology at Department of Experimental Medicine and Nephrology" at The William Harvey at The St. Bartholomew’s and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry. He encompass research activities with competences at international levels in the field of autoimmunity, inflammation and neurodegenerative disorders as well as drug development. Author of more than 647 publications including articles in peer reviewed international journals and scientific books. H index 96 i10-index 558 citations 37449

He encompass research activities with competences at international levels in the field of autoimmunity, inflammation and neurodegenerative disorders as well as drug development.