Bartolo Gabriele received the degree in Chemistry (with honors) in 1990 from the University of Calabria (Italy), where he completed his PhD in 1994. In 1991, he joined the Professor Chiusoli's group at the University of Parma (Italy) for 7 months. In 1995 he became an Organic Chemistry Researcher at the University of Calabria. In 1997, he joined Professor Ronald Breslow's group at Columbia University (New York, USA) for 1 year as a NATO-CNR fellow. In 1998, he went back to the University of Calabria, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002 and to Full Professor of Organic Chemistry in 2006. Since 2006 to 2012, he was the Coordinator of the PhD course "Methodologies for the Development of Molecules of Pharmacological Interest" - University of Calabria. His current scientific body of work (updated September 15, 2020) includes 198 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, 10 chapters in international books, 20 industrial patents, and more than 250 communications in national or international conferences. H-index: 46; total citations: 6528 (Scopus). Prof. Gabriele received the “Research Award” in 2013 from the Organic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society, in the field "Synthetic Organic Chemistry (methodologies and products)".