Giuseppe Di Giovanni#
| Membership Number: | 5927 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | MALTA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/giuseppedigiovanni |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2006-563X |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/GDGNeuroscience |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/cavaliere-giuseppe-di-giovanni-b1751211/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present Honorary Professor, Cardiff University, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff, UK
- 2013 - present Professor in Human Physiology, University of Malta, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Malta
- 2011 - 2013 Head of the Neuroscience Department, Istituto Euro Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia (I.E.ME.S.T.), Palermo, Italy
- 2010 - 2017 Honorary Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff, UK
- 2009 - 2013 Associate Professor in Human Physiology, University of Malta, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Malta
- 2007 - 2009 Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
- 2005 - 2009 Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology, University of Palermo, Faculty of Medicine, Palermo, Italy
- 2000 - 2005 Lecturer in Human Physiology, University of Palermo, Faculty of Medicine, Palermo, Italy
- 1999 - 2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Supervisor: Prof. B. Bunney)
Fields of Scholarship
- Role of 5-HT-cannabinoids interaction in epilepsy
- Role of 5-HT in epilepsy and neuropsychiatric comorbidities
- Role of cannabinoids in health and disease
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Inclusion in the World’s Top 2% Scientists in Neurology & Neurosurgery 2020 list (compiled by Stanford University, USA)
- 2020 The "University of Malta Researchers and Inventors Award" (for being granted a patent)
- 2020 The honour of “Cavaliere” (Knight) of the Order of the Star of Italy (for science achievements in Italy and abroad)
- 2019 Inclusion in the World’s Top 2% Scientists in Neurology & Neurosurgery 2019 list (compiled by Stanford University, USA)
- 2018 Honorary Professor, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK
