Alessia Catalano is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy–Drug Sciences at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy. Her top areas of expertise are medicinal chemistry, antimicrobials, sodium channels, and apoptosis. She has more than 123 publications with more than 3970 citations and an h-index of 32 (Scopus, 16 November 2023).
Carmen Scieuzo is a Post-Doctorate Researcher in the Department of Sciences at the University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy. She received her master’s degree in Diagnostic Medical, Pharmaceutical, and
Veterinary Biotechnology and her Ph.D. in Applied Biology from the University of Basilicata. Her research keywords are antimicrobial peptides, chitosan, parasitoids, and venom.
Antonio Vassallo is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation in the Department of Sciences at the Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy. His main field of research deals with studies of the formulation, preparation, and control of synthetic or biologically active compounds isolated from food and medicinal plants in conventional and innovative dosage forms. He isolated and characterized a large number of new natural compounds and evaluated the in vitro and in vivo biological activity of extracts and isolated compounds from studied plants.
Carmela Saturnino is a Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the Department of Sciences at the University of Basilicata. She graduated from Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France in 1989. From 1991 to 1993, she was a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Paris and, later, the University of Caen, France. Her research interests are design, synthesis, and biological studies and understanding the mechanisms of action of new therapeutic molecules for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. She has more than 191 publications with more than 3739 citations and an h-index of 37 (Scopus, 16 November 2023).
