Prof. Dr. Fabio Marra graduated cum laude in 1986 at the University of Florence School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in 1992, with studies on the pathophysiology of cirrhosis. From 1992 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA. In 1995, he was appointed assistant professor of medicine at the University of Florence School of Medicine, where he leads an independent research group. Since 2004, he has been an associate professor of medicine. In addition to his research activity, he is involved in clinical work and teaching in the Department of Medicine. From 2002 to 2005, he was a member of the Steering Committee of the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF). From 2007 to 2010, he was a member of the Governing Board of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL). His group has provided a relevant scientific contribution to several fields of hepatology, including the cellular and molecular mechanisms of hepatic inflammation and fibrogenesis, the pathophysiology of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and the noninvasive evaluation of liver fibrosis.