Salvatore De-Simone
Salvatore Giovanni De-Simone obtained a BSc in Biomedical Sciences from the Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil in 1976, and an MSc and DSc in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1980 and 1986, respectively. He was a visiting researcher at the Laboratory of Genetic Recombination, Institut d'Hematologie-Centre Hayem Hospital Saint Louis, France in 1987; Department of Medical Parasitology, New York University, USA in 1988–1989; and European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany in 1990. He was a Full Professor of Biochemistry at the Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Brazil in 1984–2012. He was Chief of the Biochemistry of Protein and Peptides Laboratory and Coordinator of the Peptide Synthesis Platform at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil, from 1992 to 2012. He is a permanent member of the Post-Graduation Program in Science and Biotechnology, UFF, and the Post-Graduation Program in Parasitic Disease, FIOCRUZ. He is the primary advisor of more than forty master’s and thirty doctorate candidates and more than twenty-seven visiting researchers. Dr. De-Simone coordinates seventeen national and international symposiums and courses and thirty-five research projects sponsored by national and international agencies. He is an advisor of Brazilian universities and projects for several national and international agencies and an ad hoc reviewer for more than fifty international journals. He is also a guest editor of special issues of the International Journal of Molecular Science and Toxins. Furthermore, Dr. De-Simone is a specialist in science and technology production and innovation in health for the Center for Technological Development in Health (CDTS), FIOCRUZ; a member of the National Institute of Neglected Population Disease (IDN-Pd) of Brazil; a scientist at the Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ); and a researcher for the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq|).