Prof. Dr. Luca Settanni earned, from the University of Foggia, a M.Sc. in Food Science and Technology (2001) and a Ph.D. in “Biotechnology of Lactic Acid Bacteria: Genetic Engineering and Enzymology” (2004). In the years 2004 and 2005, he collaborated as a contract researcher with the University of Teramo and the University of Perugia and received a 2-year Post-Doc fellowship at the University of Teramo (2005–2007). He was a Researcher in the area of Biology and Food Technology at Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige from 2007 to 2008. His career at the University of Palermo started in 2008 as a Researcher (until 2014) and continued as an Associate Professor from 2015 to 2022, and then, as Full Professor. His research interests include Food microbiology and Agricultural Microbiology.