Prof. Caterina Faggio is a full professor at the Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical, and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Italy. Her research topics encompass different research fields: mechanisms of osmoregulation and acid secretion in the fish gastrointestinal tract by electrophysiology; the effects of environmental contaminants and food additives on salt transports in teleost intestines; cell volume regulation in fish intestines and hepatocytes and digestive cells of mussels by the videometric method; mechanisms responsible of the eryptosis (apoptosis of human red blood cells); cytotoxicity on human erythrocytes and mussel digestive cells; hematological and serological parameters in teleosts that dwell in different habitats: lakes, seas, and fish farms; the effects of heavy metal and xenobiotics on mussel digestive cells and hemocytes; oxidative stress markers and health statuses in non-target aquatic organisms. These studies were carried out in collaboration with several national and foreign scientific institutions. She has published in over 500 peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. She is the departmental Erasmus coordinator. She is the vice president of the Italian Society of Experimental Biology (SIBS). She is an associate editor of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety and of the International Editorial Board Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (Parts A, B, and C).