1. Francesco Piacenza, Researcher at the National Institute of Health and Aging, IRCCS INRCA. 2. Education: Master degree in Biological Sciences in 2006, PhD Safety and Health Protection in the Workplace in 2009, Specialist in Clinical Biochemistry in 2016. 3. Work experience: Project managing, clinical biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology and virology, haematology, flow cytometry, pharmacology, toxicology, health and disease biomarkers, cell culture, trace elements analysis, instruments clinical application, data analysis, and quality assurance. 4. Research interest: After several years studying the role of trace elements in aging and age-related diseases, I moved my focus onto epigenetics in aging and older adults with multi-morbidity, frailty, and functional impairment. 5. In the last few years, I've received three project awards: two as Principal Investigator and one as a collaborator