Founder and Scientific Advisor
Associate Professor at the University of Bologna, specializing in Gastrointestinal Physiology and Human Nutrition. His research interests focus particularly on the relationships between diet, intestinal microbiota, and low-grade chronic inflammation. He collaborates with specialists in the gastrointestinal field, particularly with the Regional Reference Center for Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at the Sant’Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, as well as with various companies in the food and pharmaceutical sectors. He is involved in national and international projects and has authored over 100 publications in major scientific journals. Founder and scientific consultant of TGD, he is currently focusing his research on the development of new products for intestinal health and overall balance of the body.
2020 Associate Professor and Head of the Translational Physiology and Nutrition Laboratory at the Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna.
2018 National Qualification for the First Level.
2015 Co-founder and Scientific Consultant of TGD s.r.l., a small and medium-sized enterprise, sponsor, and partner of the University of Bologna.
Since 2011 Member of the Scientific Committee and holder of several courses for the II level Master’s degree in Nutrition and Health Education at the Medical Area of the University of Bologna, Italy.
Since 2008 Holder of the Nutrition Physiology course for the Master’s degree in Health Biology at the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna.
2000 Researcher in Physiology at the Department of Biology, University of Bologna.
1991-1995 PhD in Biology and Cellular Physiology at the University of Bologna.
1986-1990 Degree in Biological Sciences (110/110 cum laude) from the University of Bologna.
