Nunzia Montuori was born on March 7, 1963, in Portici, Naples, Italy. She graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1987 at the University “Federico II” of Naples, Italy; in 1994,she obtained a PhD in Molecular Pathology and in 1995 she became a Specialist in Hematology. In 1994 she worked at National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD USA. From 2001 to 2006 she was Researcher at the Institute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology, CNR, Naples, Italy. From 2006 through today, she is Professor of Clinical Pathology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine and Surgery, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy. Prof. Montuori studies the expression and function of the urokinase receptor (uPAR) in tumor cells and hematopoietic stem cells, being interested in the identification of new inhibitors with anti-cancer activity