Maria Scuto is a researcher and Professor in Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology for the Degrees Courses in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques and in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies. In  2015, she obtained a PhD in Neurobiology at the University of Catania. From 2017 to 2019 she was the holder of a research grant for the disciplinary scientific sector Clinical Biochemistry, University of Catania. From 2019 to 2022, as a post-doc, she carried out diagnostic assistance research at the Oncological Reference Center (CRO) at the National Cancer Institute-IRCCS in Aviano. In 2020, she obtained a national scientific qualification for Associate Professor in Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology. Prof. Maria Scuto is also a member of the Editorial Board of several high peer-reviewed journals and is a Guest Editor in international journals. The quality and the productive results of the work carried out are testified by her numerous scientific publications in prestigious international journals.