Prof. Annamaria Cimini

Prof. Annamaria Cimini is a Full Professor of Biology at the Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila. She graduated in Biological Sciences at the University of L’Aquila in July 1985. From 1994 to March 2006, she held the position of confirmed researcher, scientific disciplinary sector BIO/06 (ex E02B), at the University of L’Aquila. Since March 2006, she has been an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Biotechnology, University of L’Aquila. She has extensive experience and skills in the fields of neuroscience, cancer biology, stem cells, nanotechnology, and molecular medicine. She has been leading scientific activities and managing complex and excellent projects for more than 20 years, both nationally and internationally. She has published more than 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has been cited more than 5000 times by other researchers. She is also an adjunct full professor at the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine Dept of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. Her main research areas are neuronal differentiation, the biology of brain tumors, nano-structured formulations for neurodegenerative therapy, molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration, and signal transduction pathways in neuropathic pain.