Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Milan State University. He has been studying bioactive phytochemicals relevant for human nutrition and health, including melatonin, polyphenols, carotenoids, sterols and essential oils, focusing on their functional role in planta, as well as on their in vitro/in vivo and in human biological activities. Furthermore, he has been investigating the effects of elicitors on plant secondary metabolism, as an approach to obtain phytochemical-enriched plant foods and medicinal herbs. Author of more than 180 publications (H-index: 35). Member of the Asian Council of Science Editors and Society of African Journal Editors. Founding Member of the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine. Member of the Working Group ‘Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy’ of the Italian Pharmacological Society. Main Patent: ‘Compositions Comprising Rutin Useful for the Treatment of Tumors Resistant to Chemotherapy’ (WO2015036875A1; US20160213698; US9757405B2; EP3043821).