Full Professor in Immunology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Italy.

Brief biography

Prof. Amedei is Full Professor of Immunology and President of the Master’s Degree in Nursing and Midwifery Sciences.  His scientific interests on the cancer immunology and the role of microbiota-immunity axis in inflammatory-correlated diseases (mainly Autoimmunity, Cancer, Neurodegenerative Disorders). More recently he started a new research topic: micro/nanoplastics and human health. The great quality of his international profile is documented by scientific production: 320 peer reviewed articles (h-index: 60 and 14,952 Citations), 12 book chapters and one patent ( https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603007335 ). Prof. Amedei is serving as an editorial board member of 13 international journals, as Referee of 43 Journals, as Co-Editor-Chief of one Journal. Finally, he carries out activities as scientific reviewer for international research projects of private and public entities. From 2016, he is in the Scientific Council of “Toscana Life Sciences” (TLS). To date he received more than of 10 million of euro by different proposals funded by several funding agencies.