Prof. Gianluigi Zaza graduated in medicine from the University of Bari in 2000. He completed his clinical training in Nephrology at the Division of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation, University of Bari (2000-2005). From 2002 to 2005, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Pharmacology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. In 2010, he received a PhD in Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine Therapy from the University of Bari. He was a staff physician from 2006 to 2010 at the Transplantation Regional Center/AIRT Interregional Transplant Center (University-Hospital of Bari, Italy). From November 1, 2011 to September 30, 2017, he was an Assistant Professor, and from October 2017, he was an Associate Professor at the Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Verona, Italy. From 01/01/2022 to 21/01/2024, he was an Associate Professor at the Nephrology Unit at the University of Foggia. From 2/01/2024 he serves as Full Professor of Nephrology (MED/14), Department of Pharmacy and Health and Nutrition Sciences, University of Calabria, and as Director of the U.O.C. at the Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant Unit, “SS. Annunziata” of Cosenza. The scientific activity of Prof. Zaza has resulted in several publications in national and international journals (more than 150 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals). Moreover, he has obtained many national and international awards/honors. Prof. Zaza continues his clinical activities as a physician primarily involved in several aspects of clinical nephrology and post-renal transplant clinical maintenance follow-up. Additionally, his research interests include pharmacogenomics, transcriptomics, and translational medicine (focused mainly on biomarker discovery).