Dr. Gian Maria Rossolini is a Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology at the Universities of Florence and Siena, and director of the Clinical Microbiology, Virology, and Serology Unit of Florence Careggi University Hospital. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Molecular Biology and as Dean of the Medical Faculty at the University of Siena. His main research interests are in the field of antimicrobial agents and microbial drug resistance. He has served as an Editor for Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and is a member of the Editorial Board of several international journals focused on Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. He has also acted as a reviewer/advisor on behalf of funding agencies and academic institutions for the selection of research grants and academic professorships.