Antonella Scorziello graduated in Medicine (June 1990) and has obtained a specialist degree in Pharmacology (October 1997) and a Ph.D. in Neuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology (May 1997). She is a Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Pharmacology, University of Naples Federico II. Her research is focused on mitochondria, oxidative stress, neurodegeneration, neuroprotection, and cell death (apoptosis, necrosis, autophagy, and mitophagy).