Nazzareno Capitanio is currently a Full Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia. He graduated in Biological Science at the University of Bari in 1979. In 1985, he became a Researcher of Biochemistry at the Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bari. In 1992, he was promoted to Associate professor in the same university. In 2000, he moved to the University of Foggia as a full professor of Biochemistry. His research interests include mechanisms of energy transduction in mitochondrial respiratory complexes, cellular bioenergetics in health and diseases, redox signaling, interplay between metabolism and circadian rhythms.