Dr. Enzymology and Bio-Organic Chemistry, is Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at the Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila (Italy). He is also Head of the Lipid Neurochemistry Unit at the European Center for Brain Research – IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome. Published numerous highly cited full papers (citations > 28000; h-index = 90 according to Scopus). Invited speaker at more than 120 international congresses, Guest Editor of 16 theme-issues of scientific journals, holder of 10 granted patents. President of the International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS) in 2010-2011. Chair of the 2015 Gordon Research Conference on “Cannabinoid Function in the CNS”. Visiting Professor at Leiden University in 2017, University of Cambridge in 2019, and National University of Rosario in 2021. Received various international awards, including the “2007 IACM (International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines) Award for Basic Research”, the “2016 Mechoulam Award” for cannabinoid research, the “2020 Tu Youyou Award” for medicinal chemistry, and the “2024 Lifetime Achievement Award” by ICRS. Included in the Stanford University “World Top 2% Scientists’ List”, the ScholarGPS “Top Scholars” (top 0.5%), the AD Scientific Index “World Top 100 Biochemists”, and the “Top Italian Scientists”. Secretary General of the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2022-2024), Fellow and Chartered Chemist of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Chair of the FEBS Advanced Courses Committee, Director and Trustee of FEBS since 2024.