Prof. Dr. Maurizio Memo is a Full Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Brescia and a vice-rector delegate for research. He obtained his Degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies from the University in 1977 and his Specialization in Pharmacology at the University of Milan in 1980. He served as a Research Fellow at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Section on Biochemical Pharmacology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA from 1980 to 1982, as a University Researcher at the Institute of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cagliari, and subsequently at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Brescia from 1983 to 1988. He has been a Full Professor of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Brescia since 2000. He is a Scientific director of the Center for Studies on Documentation, Information, and Training on Drugs (DIFF) of the University of Brescia, a Director of the School of Specialization in Medical Pharmacology, President and a founding member of the Italian Group of Molecular Neurobiology, the winner of the 1987 Roussel Prize for studies on brain aging, and the winner of the 1994 European Prize from the Sandoz Foundation for Gerontological Research.