Mirco Galiè was born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. After earning a Bachelor's Degree in Biology with honors (cum laude), he pursued a Ph.D. at the University of Verona, Italy. He later secured the positions of Assistant Professor and subsequently Associate Professor at the University of Verona, where he teaches Human Anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery as well as at the Faculty of Science and Engineering. He has also served as a Visiting Professor at UT Southwestern (Dallas, TX, USA) and the University of Geneva (Switzerland). His research mainly focuses on investigating the molecular determinants underlying the biological and pathological bases of the emergence of mesenchymal traits in carcinomas.