Gianluigi Franci is an associate professor in Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology at the DIPMED of the University of Salerno. He graduated in Industrial Biotechnology with a PhD in Biochemistry and Specialization in Clinical Pathology. The point of fusion of his interest is the search for molecular mechanisms to be used as potential targets for screening molecules capable of altering their physio-pathogenicity in the microorganism-host interaction. He has won many business competitions such as Vulcanizzate 2019, Start-Cup Campania (2X), Tech-Hub, Mind The Bridge, etc. He founded two spin-offs (Epi-C srl and MicroNature srl).