Paola Vitaglione is an Associate Professor of Physiology and teaches Human Nutrition and Healthy Food Design in the Department of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy. She studied Food Sciences and Technologies and pursued a PhD in Food and Health in Naples. Her research activities focus on the development of new and sustainable, functional ingredients/foods/diets and the validation of their efficacy in vitro and in vivo by clinical trials. Her research contributed to clarify the bioaccessibility from several food matrices, human bioavailability, and metabolism of many food bioactive compounds, as well as their interactions with body systems affecting the metabolic responses, appetite mechanisms, chronic-disease prevention, and human well-being. She has scientific collaborations with research groups working in universities and research institutes in Italy, Europe, and the USA. She acted as a PI of many scientific projects funded by the European Commission, Italian ministries, and private companies in food and nutraceutical sectors.