Prof. Antonia Lanni is a Full Professor of Physiology in the Department of Environmental Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”. She teaches General Physiology and Physiology of Nutrition for Master's degrees in Biology and Food and Nutrition Sciences, respectively. From November 2005 to October 2009, she served as Chairman of the Council of Courses of Study in Biology. Her research has focused on cellular mechanisms involved in energy expenditure, with particular emphasis on the effects of thyroid hormones at the cellular level and their mechanisms of action. She has acted as local coordinator for five projects recognized as Relevant National Interest (PRIN 2000, PRIN 2002, PRIN 2004, PRIN 2006, and PRIN 2008) and participated in a European project titled Metabolic Integration and Energy Control (MIEC), while also coordinating two regional projects. Additionally, she serves as a referee for scientific projects from foreign countries. Prof. Lanni is a member of the PhD College "Biomolecular Sciences" and was previously a member of the National Scientific Commission for suitability to hold the position of Professor of Physiology from 2012 to 2013.
Professor Rosalba Senese is an Associate Professor of Physiology at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli.” Professor Senese's scientific activity is part of the general theme of molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the control of energy homeostasis, with particular attention to the regulation exerted by iodothyronines. In the first years of research activity, she investigated the mechanisms through which thyroid hormones are able to induce, at the mitochondrial level, an uncoupling between the electron transport and ATP synthesis, and thus regulate heat production at the cell level. Her studies contributed to the demonstration that Uncoupling Protein 3 (UCP3) is a molecular determinant of the calorigenic effect of T3 and that the mechanism of regulation of UCP3 expression by T3 is species-specific. More recently, her studies have revealed other important actions of T2 on visceral white adipose tissue, aimed at counteracting the inflammatory state inevitably associated with hyperlipidic diets. Professor Senese has published 60 papers in international journals, accumulating a total of 1536 citations and achieving an H-index of 24. Additionally, she serves as a referee for various international journals and is currently an editor for a research topic within Frontiers in Physiology.
