Fabio Apone PhD

Dr. Apone graduated in Biology in 1994 and obtained his PhD title in Protistology (Biology of Unicellular Organisms) in 1998 at the University of Pisa, Italy. He worked for 3 years as Postdoc Researcher in Italy and at the University of California, San Diego, focusing on Cell Biology and signal transduction mechanisms. Later he was a Research Scientist at Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc, a Biotech Company located in San Diego, California, studying plant receptors for the discovery of novel agrochemicals. He is co-founder and Scientific Director of Arterra Bioscience www.arterrabio.it, a young Biotech Company located in Napoli, Italy, focused on the identification and study of new active ingredients for different industrial applications. Since 2013, Dr. Fabio Apone has also been Scientific Coordinator and Administration Board member of Vitalab srl www.vitalabactive.com a joint-venture company involved in the development and commercialization of cosmetic active ingredients.