Herbert Ryan Marini is Full Professor of Food Science and Dietetics at the University of Messina; Department Program Manager and Senior Medical Physician at the University Hospital "G. Martino", Messina. Main research lines: -Nutraceuticals, functional foods and mediterranean diet in menopausal women. -Diet, nutraceuticals, varicocele and male fertility. Benign prostatic hyperplasia and dietary supplements. -Diet, envinroment and Potentially Toxic Elements. -Nutraceuticals and functional foods for neuroprotection. He published 115 research papers on well referenced peer-reviewed scientific national and international journals (111 papers are indexed in PubMed-MedLine; h-index: 46; 6341 citations on Scopus-Elsevier, Last Update 11/24/2025), 4 book chapters and several abstracts to multiple national and international conferences. Guest Editor of Medical Sciences, Applied Sciences, Nutrients, Metabolites, Dietetics. Editorial Board Member of Journal of Biological Research, Nutraceuticals, IntechOpen Series “Physiology”, Nutrients. Reviewer Board Member of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and invited reviewer for several indexed scientific Journals. Teaching activity: -He regularly teaches Food Science and Dietetics, to undergraduate students (Medicine and Surgery, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Pediatric Nursing, Obstetric Science) and medical residents (Psychiatry, Internal Medicine) at the University of Messina, Italy.