Curriculum

Vincenzo DE FEO Curriculum

Vincenzo De Feo

Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology, State University of Salerno, Italy

Coordinator, Medicinal Plants Group, Italian Botanical Society

W.H.O. Expert for Medicinal Plants, MedTrad, Geneve

Scientific Activity

About 300 full papers on international scientific journals, 2 books, Editor of 15 special issues of international scientific journals, about 230 abstracts of international and national Symposia

Scopus (31.12.2020): H index 41, citations 4834

Top Scientist carreer: 2018, 2019-2020

Top Scientist: 2019-2020

Editorial Activity

Editor, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Molecules; Frontiers in Pharmacology (Guest Associated Editor); Plant Biosystems (subject Editor)

Guest Editor for 15 special issues of scientific journals

Member, Editorial Board of Allelopathy Journal; Current Plant Science Research; Der Pharma Chemica; Integrative Medicine International; International Journal of Integrative Medicine; Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences; Natural Products Research; Pharmacognosy Reviews; The Open Bioactive Compounds Journal

Academic positions

2005-present: Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology, State University of Salerno, Italy

1999-2005: Associated Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology, State University of Salerno

1993-1999: Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology, State University of Salerno

Teaching

From 1999 at School of Pharmacy, State University of Salerno: Medical Botany; Phytotherapy; Regional Medicinal Flora; Analysis of Herbal Products; Plant Biology; Identification of Botanical Drugs; Pharmacognosy; Water Chemistry

Member, Board of PhD, Biochimica e Patologia dell’azione dei Farmaci (1999-2009); Biologia dei sistemi (2009-2016); Scienze Farmaceutiche

Coordinator, post-degree Schools, Faculty of Pharmacy, UNISA (2006-2010)

Visiting Professor, Università Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima (1989-1991); Nacional San Antonio Abad, Cuzco, (1994-1995); Nacional de Merida (1994)

Member, PhD final evaluation, Università di Napoli, Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Nacional de Misiones; Veracruzana, Messico; Presov; Valencia, Spagna

Academic Appointments

Responsible for the Campus UNISA, 1996-2000

1996-1999: Member, University Board for Scientific Investigation, UNISA

2001-2006: Director, Master in Phytotherapy, UNISA

2005-2013: Director, Post-Degree School in Hospital Pharmacy, UNISA

2005-2013: Coordinator, Post-degree activities, School of Pharmacy, UNISA

2009-2013: President, School of Herbal Sciences, UNISA

Member, Commissione per l’Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale, 2012-2013

phD Projects (last 5 years)

Studio di piante medicinali attive sul Sistema Nervoso Centrale - PhD Biochimica e Patologia dell’azione dei Farmaci”

Ricerca di metaboliti secondari vegetali di possibile impiego in agricoltura PhD Biochimica e Patologia dell’azione dei Farmaci”

Piante medicinali attive sul SNC, PhD Scienze Farmaceutiche

Stages

Invited Scientist, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima (1989); Polish Academy of Sciences (1990); Universidad Nacional Experimental de los LLanos Occidentales, Venezuela (1993); Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad, Perù (1994); Universidad Central de Venezuela (1994); Universidad de los Andes, Merida, (1994); Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, (1996); Universidad Veracruzana (1996)

Invited Plenary Lectures in International Symposia

Las Plantas Maestros - Amazzonia, nuovi farmaci, Saint-Vincent 1990

I Curso Taller Nacional sobre la Fitoterapia, Lima 1990

VII Simposio Latino Americano de Farmacobotanica, Asunción 1993

Allelopathy in Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry and Environment, Jodhpur 1994

VI Congreso Latinoamericano de Botanica, Mar de la Plata 1994

VI Congreso Nacional Peruano de Botanica, Cusco 1995

VII Congreso Peruano de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Lima 1995

Ensayos Biológicos para Químicos de Productos Naturales, Talca 1995

VI Simposio Argentino de Farmacobotanica, Posadas 1998

II W.H.O. Consultation on Selected Medicinal Plants, Ravello 1999

I Congreso de Farmacia y Biologia, Puebla 2000

Multidisciplinary Synergism to improve European Allelopathy Research, Caserta 2000

III W.H.O. Consultation on Selected Medicinal Plants and WHO Informal Meeting on Methodologies for Quality Control of Finished Herbal Products, Ottawa 2001

New Perspectives related to natural therapies and phytomedicines, Lugano 2002

II Congreso Internacional de Plantas Medicinales y Fitoterapia, Lima 2003

XI Congreso Latinoamericano de Etnomedicina, Rio de Janeiro 2003

Use of Medicinal Plants in Psychiatry, Rio de Janeiro 2003

9th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, Karachi 2004

IV WHO Consultation on Selected Medicinal Plants, Salerno 2005

WHO Consultation on Medicinal Plants commonly used in NIS, Geneve 2006

WHO Consultation on Phytotherapy, Milano 2006

4th Meeting of Directors of WHO Collaborating Centers for traditional medicine, Shanghai 2006

Congreso Iberoamericano de Quimica, Cuzco 2008

XLVII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Storia della Medicina, Salerno 2008

Piante officinali in medicina: limiti, falsi limiti o sostenibilità nell’uso, Alghero 2009

The 5th Meeting of Directors of WHO Collaborating Centers for Traditional Medicine, Melbourne 2009

XIX Congresso della Società Italolatinoamericana di Etnomedicina, Cagliari 2010

International Conference of Ethnobotany, Maputo 2011

XXVI Congreso Peruano de Quimica, Arequipa 2012

New Trends on the Biological and Ecological Research. High Tatras 2012

1st Mediterranean Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Gazimagusa 2013

Understanding and Treating Inflammation, a Transcultural Approach, Salerno 2013

Trends, in Natural Products Research 2014, Olomuc 2014

8th CMAPSEEC, Curres 2014

Festival della Scienza, Genova 2014

The Second Conference on Natural Health, Mostagenem 2014

The Second WHO Consultation on Qaulity Control of Herbal Medicine, Hong Kong 2014

The 15th International Congress of Ethnopharmacology, Petra 2015

Journees de la Societè Tunisienne de Microbiologie, Monastir 2015

The Third Mesmap, Gime 2017

XXV Congresso Nazionale di Fitoterapia, Arezzo 2017

XII Simposio Argentino de Farmacobotanica, Posadas 2017

Third WHO Consultation on Quality Control of Herbal Medicines, Hong Kong 2017

Piante officinali: tra scienza e tradizione; il potere delle Erbe, Cosenza 2018

Tutela del territorio e prevenzione delle malattie tumorali, Vallo della Lucania 2019

Biological activity of the essential oils, Orleans 2019

XXVII Congresso Nazionale di Fitoterapia, IX SYRP Conference, Reggio Emilia 2019

115° Congresso della Società Botanica Italiana, online 2020

First International Electronic Conference on Microbiology, online 2020

Research Grants (last 5 years)

University Projects

2015-Studi su metaboliti secondari a possibile attività biologica di specie italiane appartenenti al genere Hypericum-PI

2016-Studio di piante a possibile attività sul Sistema Nervoso Centrale-PI

2017-Studio chimico e biologico di piante aromatiche ad uso medicinale e alimentare-PI

2019-Screening di sostanze naturali a potenziali attività antimicrobica ed antibiofilm-PI

National Projects

MISE-Progetti Innovazione: I-Pro-Med: Approcci Innovativi per bevande e alimenti funzionali con matrici vegetali mediterranee-RS

European Projects

2015-PSR Campania Misura 124-Bir.Ta.-La birra del Taburno-PI

2015-PSR Campania Misura 124-Fi.Li.Cos -Filiera del Limone della Costa di Amalfi per le antiche tradizioni di cosmesi-PI

2015-PSR Campania Misura 124-FFresco-Formaggio Fresco Regionale Spalmabile Conservabile Campano-Resp. UNISA

2015-PSR Campania misura 124-Fagorga-Fagiolo della Regina di Gorga: razionalizzazione e innovazione della tecnica colturale e della difesa fitosanitaria-Resp. UNISA

2019-PSR Campania 2014-2020-16.1.1.2-Valori-VALORIzzazione di specie orticole ed aromatiche/officinali proprie della biodiversità campana destinate alla produzione di nuovi alimenti e spezie ad alto valore attraverso nuove tecnologie di processo-PI

2019-PSR Campania 2014-2020-16.1.1. 2-Caprini Erbosi: Formaggi e cosmetici caprini innovativi a base di erbe officinali e spontanee mediterranee-PI

2020-PSR Campania 2014-2020-16.9-Insieme Seminiamo Inclusione e Modelli Ecologici- IN.S.I.E.M.E.-PI

Others

2018-CCIA Salerno-Studi per l’ottenimento della Denominazione di Origine Protetta per la Ciliegia di Bracigliano-PI

2020-CCIA Salerno-Razionalizzazione della coltivazione delle zafferano in Provincia di Salerno-PI

Other appointments

Scientifc Expert, Istituto Italo-Latinoamericano, 1997-1999

Member, CTS Consorzio per la Ricerca Applicata in Agricoltura, Regione Campania, 2002-2008

Member, CTS Consorzio Osservatorio dell’Appennino Meridionale, 2007-2013

Member CTS Fondazione Scuola Medica Salernitana, 2011-2016

Member, Tavolo Tecnico delle Piante Officinali, MIPAAF, 2016-present

Reviewer, Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education, 2020-present

Member, CTS, DAQ Penisola Sorrentina e Costiera Amalfitana, 2020-present

Member, Evaluation International Committe, Tu You-You Award, 2020-present