Maria Grazia Cappai graduated summa cum laude in 2000 in Veterinary Medicine. She obtained her PhD in 2004 and MSc. in 2006. Since 2005, she has permanently worked at the University of Sassari. She is the Responsible of the Clinical Nutrition Desk of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the University of Sassari. She is an academic Professor of Animal Nutrition and Feeding. She was awarded by the European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition in 2011 and by AISSA in 2014. She served as Secretary of ESVCN  (2016-2022) and is eligible as Diplomate of the European College in Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition (residency accomplished in 2021). She is the Director of the Master of Science degree in Farm Management and Sustainability and Animal Welfare of the University of Sassari, in cooperation with the Zooprophilactic Institute of Sardinia. She was appointed as Full member of the Scientific Honor Society Sigma Xi in 2023. Currently, she runs several projects on different research lines, both on companion and farm animals, and wildlife nutrition and feeding. She belongs to the board of the Doctoral School in Veterinary Sciences of the University of Sassari.