Dr. Squitti, PhD, is the Head of the Laboratory of Biology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, R&D Division, ‘San Giovanni Calibilita’, Rome, Italy. She received her Master's Degree (‘Laurea’) in Biology (25 May 1993) from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’. In 1994 she obtained her Board Certification in Biology. In 1997 she received her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’. She did her Post-doc from University of Liverpool. She became Head of Laboratory of Biology, Fondazione Fatebenefratelli, AFaR Division – now part of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy. She was the Head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology at “Campus Biomedico” University, Roma, Italy. She obtained her Board certification in Molecular Biology from the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). She was hired as a senior researcher in Molecular Markers Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio- Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy. She became Voluntary Assistant Professor of Neurology (Visiting Professor), University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, (Florida, US). Dr. Squitti developed many national & international international patents. Dr. Squitti is author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications. She is Scientific editor of Current Alzheimer Research, PLOS one. She greatly contributed to the understanding of Alzheimer’s disease by demonstrating the existence of a copper imbalance in AD patients.