Dr. Nicola Ferri is a distinguished Italian pharmacologist currently holding the position of Full Professor in Pharmacology at the Department of Medicine, University of Padua. He earned his doctorate in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology from the University of Milan in 1996, achieving “Magna cum Laude” status. His academic journey continued with PhD degrees in Experimental Pharmacology (1998) and Toxicology of Environment and Nutrition (2002) at the same institution, along with a Master's degree in Pharmacy and Oncological Pharmacology (2006). Dr. Ferri boasts an extensive research career, including postdoctoral positions at the University of Milan's Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, and a notable stint as a visiting scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, under Dr. Elaine Raines. From 1999 to 2003, he served as a senior research fellow at the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle. In 2018, Dr. Ferri assumed the role of Associate Professor in Pharmacology at the University of Padua, further ascending to Full Professor in 2021.