Since 2013, Raffaele Porta has served as a full professor of biochemistry and a member of the Ph.D. Council on Biotechnology at the Department of Chemical Sciences at the University of Naples "Federico II," Italy. Previously, he carried out research activity at the Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Second University of Naples, at the MHRI of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA, and at the Department of Food Science at the University of Naples "Federico II." His most important research activities currently include the use of enzymes to modify peptide and protein structure and activity and to produce hydrocolloidal edible bioplastics. His scientific activity is documented by more than 200 articles published in journals and books with worldwide distributions (29 H-index, 530 total impact factor). He is the editor of several scientific texts and a member of the editorial boards of various widely known life-science journals. Recently, he was the President of the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SIB, 2019–2021), and presently, he serves on the Board of SIB as Past-President and at the Federation of the European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), where he is a member of the Science & Society Committee.