Caterina Foti attended the University of Bari and specialized in Dermatology and Venereology. Since the 1st of November 1998, she has been working at the University of Bari. She is a Full Professor of Dermatology, the Director of the Dermatology Clinic of the University of Bari, and a member of the European Environmental and Contact Dermatitis Research Group (EECDRG). She participated in numerous national and international conferences as a speaker and chairman. Her main scientific interests are in the study of contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa, photo-dermatitis, and urticaria.