Lidia De Bari completed her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Università degli Studi of Bari, Bari, Italy in 2002, completed a degree of Specialist in Biotechnologies, cum laude, at Università degli Studi of Bari, Bari, Italy in 2006. Her scientific activity included: the Transport and metabolism of physiological substrates in mammalian and plant mitochondria; Bioenergetics of cell death in cultured rat cerebellar granule cells; Mitochondrial bioenergetics in hypertension; Tumour bioenergetics. Her activity is documented by: 16 papers published in international journals; and 2 articles in the book.