Federica Cheli is a full professor in animal nutrition and feeding at the Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, University of Milan, Italy. Cheli's research is focused on feed quality and safety evaluation, with a focus on mycotoxin contamination. Cheli is an expert for FAO/WHO on Hazards Associated with Animal Feed and is a member of the CRC I-WE (Coordinating Research Centre: Innovation for Well-Being and Environment), University of Milan, and the section editor of Toxins and the Italian Journal of Animal Science.