Michele Papa is a Full Professor at the Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania-Luigi Vanvitelli. He worked as a Professor at the Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, Second University of Naples: Naples from 1992 to 2016. He has authored over 97 publications with total citations of 3817 and an h-index of 39 (Scopus). His particular interests include maladaptive plasticity, gliopathy, reactive astrocytosis, neurodegenerative disorders, and disorders of consciousness.