Prof. Vittorio Calabrese, MD, specialization in Neurology, by 2001 to date is Full Professor of Clinical Biochemistry at the School of Medicine and Surgery and actual Director of School of Specialization in Clinical Pathology and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Catania and University of Messina. He is member of the Editorial Board of several high peer reviewed journals, and has been reviewer of national and international projects. His research focuses on the role of free radicals and antioxidant neurohormetic nutrients in human diseases, from brain disorders to systemic metabolic diseases. His interest in identifying the most important antioxidants in the human diet and in developing novel antioxidants has critical bearing on treating human diseases and understanding how diet might cause or prevent them. Areas of his research interests includes role of Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial dysfunction in Aging, Neurodegenerative disorders and Longevity; Proteomics, lipidomics and redox proteomics, Hormesis and Vitagenes in Neurodegeneration. The results of his researches have been reported in over 282 scientific papers published in outstanding international journals and widely cited (around 18900 total citations), for an h Index value of 85 (ISI).