Fabio Napolitano achieved his Ph.D. in Animal Science at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in 1993. He was appointed as a researcher in Animal Production at the Department of Animal Production Science (University of Basilicata, Italy) in 1995. From 1998 to 2001, he taught different disciplines (cattle husbandry, non-ruminant husbandry, poultry, and rabbit farming). Since 2002, he has been teaching “Ethology and Welfare of Domestic Animals”. He was appointed Associate Professor for husbandry on 30 November 2006. He has been called an Italian expert at the COST (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research) Action 846 (measuring and monitoring farm animal welfare). He has been included in the list of experts in the animal welfare field and a nominated member of the scientific committee of external reviewers within the area of activity Animal Health and Welfare for the period 2009–2011 by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), where he was a member of the working group on sheep welfare in 2014. His research activity is particularly centred on the study of animal welfare, animal behaviour, and meat quality. He is the author of about 300 scientific papers (100 with impact factor).