Professore Ordinario

Giuseppe Pignataro is full professor in Pharmacology at the department of Neuroscience at University of Napoli, “Federico II”,
Italy. He received his M.D. and PhD. in Neuroscience from “Federico II” University in Napoli, Italy and performed postdoctoral
training at the Legacy Research Institute, Portland, Or, US.
He is member of several scientific societies as Italian Society for Neuroscience (SINS), Society for Neuroscience (SFN),
International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (ISCBM), European Society of Neuroscience (FENS), Italian
Society of Pharmacology (SIF). He is referee for numerous scientific international journals such as Stroke and Journal of
Cerebral Blood Flow. He is a member of the Editorial Board of several international scientific journals. He is the author of more
than 100 papers published on internationally qualified scientific journals and book chapters and 3 patents for new compounds
to be used in neurological disorders. He participated as invited speaker in numerous national and international Meetings. He
was PI of several National and International Scientific Project, including one funded by ARISLA.
Over the years Dr. Pignataro has used in vivo and in vitro approaches to study the mechanisms underlying brain damage
induced by episodes of brain ischemia and other neurological disorders such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. A
considerable effort has been devoted to the study of non-coding RNAs and endogenous mechanisms of neuroprotection
such as ischemic tolerance. Pignataro’s research has earned > 4000 citations, with an h-index of 38 (Scopus) and an i10
index of 135.