Dr. Giuseppe Ruberto was born in Catania on July 4th, 1955. After obtained his high school diploma, he graduated with a degree in chemistry cum magna laude in 1979 from the University of Catania. In 1983, he joined Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) as professional technical collaborator (CTP) at the ‘Istituto del CNR per lo Studio delle Sostanze Naturali di Interesse Alimentare e Chimico-Farmaceutico’ (ISSN) in Catania, which is now the ‘Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare’ (ICB-CNR). In 1988, he was appointed as a researcher, and in 2001, he assumed the qualification of a First Researcher. He spent one year as associate researcher at the ‘Centro del CNR di Studio delle Sostanze Naturali’ di Milano, and another year as a research associate in the Chemistry Department, Columbia University, New York NY, USA. For over twenty years, he has been responsible for the "Natural Products and Food Chemistry" group of ICB–Catania. He is a member of the Italian Chemistry Society (SCI) and the American Chemical Society (ACS), a consultant for herbal products companies, and the author of about 200 papers in international journals. Bibliometric indexes: H Index = 39; citations = 6304 (January 2022, SCOPUS) H Index = 38; citations = 5556 (January 2022, Web of Science) H Index = 39; citations = 9764 (January 2022, Google Scholar)