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.

Email: gianfranco.donelli@gmail.com

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.

Email: nazevedo@fe.up.pt

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.

Email: Vibha.bhardwaj1612@yahoo.com

Prof. Claudio De Simone

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

Email: claudio.desimone@bluewin.ch

Prof. Lorenzo Drago

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

Email: lorenzo.drago@unimi.it

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.

Email: lfernan1@recerca.clinic.cat

Dr. Samantha Flores

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

Email: samantha.florestr@uanl.edu.mx

Prof. Niels Hoiby

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

Email: hoibyniels@gmail.com

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.

Email: kaplanjb@american.edu

Prof. Mohammad Katouli

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

Email: mkatouli@usc.edu.au

Prof. Veronica Lazar

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

Email: veronica.lazar@bio.unibuc.ro

Prof. Steven L. Percival

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

Email: Steven.Percival@5dhpg.com

Dr. Paola Mastrantonio

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

Email: mastrantonio.paola1@gmail.com

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.

Email: mircea.ioan.popa@umfcd.ro

Prof. Thomas Riley

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

Email: thomas.riley@uwa.edu.au

Dr. Vishvanath Tiwari

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

Email: vishvanath@curaj.ac.in

Prof. Andrej Trampuz

Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charitéplatz 1, Berlin 10117, Germany.

Email: andrej.trampuz@charite.de