Prof. Massimo Reverberi graduated cum laude in Biology in 1996 and obtained his Ph.D. in Botany in 2001 at Sapienza, Università di Roma, where he is currently an Associate Professor in Molecular Plant Pathology and from 2009, a permanent member of the Ph.D. school in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology. His studies focus on the multiple interactions environment-plant-pathogens in particular regarding the relation among oxidative stress, lipid signals, and the biosynthesis of several mycotoxins in different pre- and post-harvest fungal pathogens.