CURRICULUM VITAEALBERTO PASSI MD PhDFull Professor of BiochemistryDepartment of Surgical and Morphological Sciences (DSCM) School of Medicine - University of Insubria – Varese-ITALYVia Dunant,5 - 21100 Varese- ITALY. tel. +39+0332+217142 fax. +39+0332+217119e-mail: alberto.passi@uninsubria.itACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS(2011-present) Full Professor of biochemistry, DSCM, University of Insubria, Varese, School of MedicineSOCIETIESItalian Biochemistry Society (1990-present)Italian Connective Tissue Society (1990-present).International Society of Matrix Biology (1998-present)American Society for Matrix Biology (2003-present)American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2006-present)AWARDSHellenic Biochemistry Society Award (2009)National Fellowship University of Manchester (1990)Alumnus of Collegio Ghislieri , Pavia, (1981-1987)JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS- Editor Journal of Biological Chemistry (2011-2016)- Associate Editor Connective Tissue Research- Academic editor Plos ONE- Editor Open Biology Journal- Editor of Frontiers in membrane physiology and biophysics BibliographyA. Passi is author of 107 peer reviewed papers (Google Scholar) more than 60 international meetings presenting about 40 talks. His H-index is 27 (Google Scholar) or 26 (Scopus) . He also gave numerous seminars in international institutions in Europe and overseas.