Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Gianfranco Donelli

Full Professor in Microbiology (Habilitated). Former Director of the Microbial Biofilm Laboratory (LABIM), IRCCS "Fondazione Santa Lucia", Rome, Italy.

Research Interests: microbiology; microbial biofilms; healthcare-associated infections; biomaterial-associated infections; role of toxins and other virulence factors in microbial pathogenesis.

Editorial Board Members

Dr. Nuno F. Azevedo

LEPABE—Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.

Research Interests: multispecies biofilms; nucleic acid mimics for therapy and diagnostics; development of hybridization-based techniques.

Dr. Vibha Bhardwaj

1. Director Environment Laboratories, Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, United Arab Emirates.
2. Honorary Professor, SBS University, Dehradun, India.

Research Interests: industrial biotechnology; microbiology; mycology; marine toxicology; phytomedicine; extraction and purification of protein from algae and enzymes; biofuel production from waste; estimation; isolation and production of enzymes from the waste and their applications in industries; wastewater treatment by using microorganisms and enzymes.

Prof. Claudio De Simone

Department of Clinical Medicine and Publich Health, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy.

Prof. Lorenzo Drago

UOC Laboratory of Clinical Medicine with Specialized Areas, IRCCS MultiMedica, Via Fantoli 16/15, 20138 Milan, Italy.

Prof. Laia Fernández-Barat

Centro de Investigación Biomedica En Red-Enfermedades Respiratorias (CibeRes, CB06/06/0028) and Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain.

Research Interests: biofilm associated respiratory infections; interaction between respiratory microbiome dysbiosis and health status; bacterial gene expression; host immune system.

Dr. Samantha Flores

Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Dr. José Eleuterio González, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey 64460, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Prof. Niels Hoiby

Institute of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Dr. Jeffrey B. Kaplan

1. Department of Biology, American University, Washington, DC, United States.
2. Laboratory for Skin Research, Institute for Medical Research, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel.

Prof. Mohammad Katouli

Centre for Genecology, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia.

Prof. Veronica Lazar

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 030018 București, Romania.

Prof. Steven L. Percival

School of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Dr. Paola Mastrantonio

Former Research Director in the Department Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

Prof. Dr. Mircea-Ioan Popa

Department of Microbiology II, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.

Research Interests: infectious diseases; microbiology; chronic infections; bacteriophage; microcalorimetry; tuberculosis; blood-borne pathogens.

Prof. Thomas Riley

Centre for Biosecurity, and One Health, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.

Dr. Vishvanath Tiwari

Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer 305817, India.

Prof. Andrej Trampuz

Faculty of Health, School of Clinical Medicine, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.