1. Mario Rotondi is currently Full Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at the University of Pavia, Director of the School of Postgraduate Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pavia, and Head of the Laboratory for Endocrine Disruptors and the Unit of Endocrinology, ICS Maugeri SpA – I.R.C.C.S, Pavia. 2. He obtained his M.D. degree at the University of Naples in 1992. He completed his postgraduate Degree in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Naples in 1998, and obtained his PhD in Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences at University of Naples in 2003 with a project focused on the role of chemokines in Graves’ disease. 3. His main research fields are physiopathology and clinics of thyroid diseases, in particular thyroid autoimmunity, and the role of chemokines in autoimmune endocrine disorders, thyroid cancer and kidney transplantation. 4. He is Member of the European Thyroid Association (ETA), Società Italiana Endocrinologia (SIE) and Associazione Italiana Tiroide (AIT).