Cinzia Ingallina is Assistant Professor of food chemistry at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is co-author of 33 publications, 3 patents and 5 book chapters. In 2015 she completed her PhD studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences spending 8 months at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London, for the development of drug delivery systems. Her current research interests are focused on food chemistry, on the characterization and monitoring the foodstuff metabolic profiles by means of advance methodologies as NMR and UHPLC and on the study of the beneficial roles of foodstuffs in promoting human health and well-being.

E-mail: cinzia.ingallina@uniroma1.it

Enrico Romano received his master degree cum laude in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology in April 2021 at University of Camerino with a thesis in Food Chemistry titled “Organic and conventional chicken meat: a quality and shelf-life comparative study” under the supervision of prof. Gianni Sagratini and in collaboration with Fileni Company. His research is focused on development of biopackaging and formulation of supplements for human well-being and health.

E-mail: e.romano@uniroma1.it

Fabrizio Masciulli had master's degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at "Gabriele d’Annunzio" University of Chieti working on experimental thesis "EFFECT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ON SOME WATER PROPERTIES" in Organic and Physical Chemistry Lab. After graduation he worked in Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics (SPaTT Lab), at the CAST (Center for Advanced Studies and Technology), “G. d’Annunzio” University. He gain biological experience working on the discovery of pharmaceutical activity of new NSADs. Currently, he is a PhD student in the International PhD Program in " Molecular design and characterization for the promotion of health and well-being: from drug to food" at Food Chemistry Lab of Sapienza University. His research is focused on the chemical characterization of foodstuffs and on the metabolic profile investigation of biological fluids through HPLC and NMR methodologies, all this to apply in different fields.

E-mail: fabrizio.masciulli@uniroma1.it

Andrea Salvo is Associate Professor of food chemistry at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He is co-author of 52 publications, 5 book chapters and 1 textbook. Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Messina, in 2010 he obtained a PhD in Chemical Sciences at the same University. Since 2007 he has published many papers relating to food chemistry in international journals. He has participated as a speaker at many national and international congresses. He is a specialist in environmental and food contamination through the use of chromatographic techniques UPLC-DAD-MS, GC-MS, ICP-MS and has developed rapid analysis methods to identify compounds of pharmacological and nutraceutical interest. In his latest works he has dealt with finding and studying compounds with health and pharmacological interest from matrices of marine origin.

E-mail: andrea.salvo@uniroma1.it

Mattia Spani received his master degree cum laude in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology in 2018 at University of Chieti-Pescara “G.D’Annunzio”. Currently, he is a PhD student in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Sapienza University of Rome under the supervision of Prof. Luisa Mannina. His research is focused on the NMR study of food matrices and biological fluids.

E-mail: mattia.spano@uniroma1.it

Giacomo Di Matteo received his master's degree cum laude in Pharmacy in 2019 at "Gabriele d’Annunzio" University of Chieti with a thesis entitled "Development of a nano-liquid chromatographic method for the analysis of pesticides in honey" carried out at CNR Institute for Biological Systems (ISB) of Montelibretti, Rome. Currently, he is a PhD student of the International PhD Program in " Molecular design and characterization for the promotion of health and well-being: from drug to food" at Sapienza University of Rome, under the supervision of Prof. Luisa Mannina. His research is focused on the chemical characterization of foodstuffs and on the metabolic profile investigation  of biological fluids through HPLC and NMR methodologies.

E-mail: giacomo.dimatteo@uniroma1.it

Anna Maria Giusti is Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Nutritional Biochemistry at Sapienza University of Rome. She is co-author of 58 publications, 6 book chapters and 2 books. She specializes in Food Science and Human Nutrition; her interests concern the study of oxidative stress in biological environment and in food matrices and the study of bioactive compounds in plant foods by using physical-chemical methods (spectrophotometry, HPLC).

E-mail: annamaria.giusti@uniroma1.it

She got a master’s degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies at Sapienza University of Rome with a thesis in Microbiology. She worked at the Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases (Rome) on molecular diagnosis of the human polyomavirus JC’s reactivation and related risk of development of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in patients affected by Multiple Sclerosis treated with Natalizumab and others disease-modifying therapies (DMTs).

After an internship in the food chemistry laboratory, currently she is a PhD student of the International PhD Program in "Molecular design and characterization for the promotion of health and well-being: from drug to food" at Sapienza University of Rome, under the supervision of Prof. Luisa Mannina. Her research is focused on the chemical characterization of foodstuffs and on the metabolic profile investigation of biological fluids through HPLC and NMR methodologies.

E-mail: donatella.ambroselli@uniroma1.it

Paola Russo is Associate Professor of Industrial and Technological Chemistry at Sapienza University of Rome. She is co-author of over 120 articles and a book chapter. Her expertise’s in food engineering are relevant to:
- Shelf life of fruit minimally transformed into bio packaging
- Production of high-quality dried products
- Development of membrane processes for the alcohol removal from beverages
- Development of mathematical models to predict the thermo-fluid dynamic parameters of the drying process.
She is responsible of the project “ORTOPACK HEALTH” funded by Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (2020) and of the University Research Project 2018 “ZEPROMEM”.

E-mail: paola.russo@uniroma1.it

Education: M.S. in Agricultural Sciences, Pisa University (Italy), 1981. Research interest: improving cropping systems sustainability and soil quality management. Areas of expertise: cover crop and mulches; self-reseeding annual legumes; low-input and organic cropping systems; industrial hemp; assessing and indexing environmental agroecosystem sustainability.

E-mail: campigli@unitus.it

Carla Prezioso is a researcher financed by Italian Ministry of Health, Bando della Ricerca Finalizzata 2018, From 1^st November 2019 she started her PhD studies in Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Public Health, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

She is co-author of 27 publications, 4 oral communications and 20 between Poster and Abstract presented to National and International Congresses.

Her main research interest is in the field of Human Polyomaviruses JC and of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus, aetiological agents of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy and Merkel cell carcinoma, respectivetly.

E-mail: carla.prezioso@uniroma1.it

Valeria Antonietta Pietropaolo is co-author of 103 publications and 4 book chapters and she has attended numerous national and international conferences with oral communications and Poster.

Since 1991, she places care activities at the Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology of “Umberto I Hospital”, Rome in the Special Service of Microbiological Analysis.

She coordinates and conducts research at the Laboratory of Virology, Microbiology Section, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome and the main lines of research are in the field of Human Polyomaviruses. Specifically, Her current research interests are focused on Human Polyomavirus JC and on Merkel Cell Polyomavirus, aetiological agents of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy and Merkel cell carcinoma, respectively

E-mail: valeria.pietropaolo@uniroma1.it

Courses: “Polymeric Materials and Composites”; Sustainability Design of Materials”.
From 1995 into the role of University researcher (s.s.d 09D1 Industrial Engineering).
Tenured of several courses in past years: Material Sciencie; Materials for Biomedical Application, Polymeric Materials; Member of doctoral school of Sapienza EMNE (Electrotecnic, Material and Nanotecnology Engineering); Member of   academic and material national association: INSTM,AIMAT,ASSOCOMPOSITI, ISBFC.
Responsible of laboratory of mechanical and technological (statical and dynamical) testing on materials and polymers.

E-mail: marco.valente@uniroma1.it

Paola Di Matteo is research fellow at DICMA Department of Sapienza University of Rome. She is commited to the project “Preservation and processing of high-value nutritional fruit and vegetable products for the prolongation of shelf life”. She earned a Degree in Chemical Engeneering from Sapienza University of Rome in 2006 and achieved PhD in Food Biotechnology from the University of Tuscia in Viterbo in 2011. Her scientific activity has been focused on the biotechnological production of vanillin, on the development of membrane processes for the production of low-alcohol beer and on the characterization of several food matrices by HPLC-MS and GC technique.

E-mail: p.dimatteo@uniroma1.it