Editors

About the Editor

Emmanuele Angelo Francesco Jannini, MD, OMRI, KSG, KHS, Full Professor of Endocrinology, Andrology and Sexual Medicine at the Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, was born in Milan, Italy, on April 22, 1960. After the MD degree at Rome University Sapienza and residency in Andrology and Endocrinology, he was a PhD fellow in Endocrinology at the University of L’Aquila, Italy. Academic and scientific roles He actually holds the first, and unique, course of Endocrinology and Medical Sexology (ENDOSEX) in the Italian universities for the students of the English Medical School. Professor Jannini was a guest researcher and fellow at the Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIDDK, NIH (Bethesda, MD, USA), lecturer at St Catherine’s College, Oxford (UK) on summer courses organized by the European Academy of Sexual Medicine, visiting professor of Andrology or Urology at the Sun Yat-sen University School of Medicine (Guanghzhou), Anhui Medical Universiy (Hefei), and Jiao Tong University (Shanghai) and Academic Advisor of the First Teaching Hospital of Tianjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has received the Valerio Monesi Fellowship for Research in Reproduction, the Becton Dickinson Award of the Italian Society of Endocrinology, the First Award of the European Academy of Andrology, the prize for the best Special Issue of the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, and the XXV Ottorino Rossi Award from the “Mondino” Neurologic Insitute. Prof. Jannini is chairman of the Education Committee of the European Academy of Andrology, chairman of the Multidisciplinary Joint Committee on Sexual Medicine (MJCSM) of the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS), chairman of the Publication Committee of the International Society of Sexual Medicine, president of the Italian Academy for Couples. Publications and research interests 280 full papers published in peer-reviewed international journals [to^14000 times; H-index: 57 (Scopus) –  67 (Google Scholar)]. His main research interests are sexual medicine and andrology (premature ejaculation – listed in the top 3 and 5 leading scientists in the world; erectile dysfunction – listed in the top 20 leading scientists in the world -  subcellular localization of type 5 phosphodiesterase, and functional anatomy of female orgasm) and endocrinology of reproduction and sexuality, particularly testosterone and thyroid physiopathology. He conducts his research in endocrinology, andrology and sexual medicine both from a clinical and a basic perspective employing molecular, clinical and psychometric tools. Professor Jannini is recipient of several public and private grants.

Carlo Foresta. Born in 1951 July 23th Lecce, Italy; Formation: Degree 1976 Medicine, at the University of Padova, Italy; Specialization 1979 Endocrinology at the University of Padova and 1982 Andrology at the University of Pisa; Professional Experience: 2001-2011 Director of the Centre for Cryopreservation of male gametes of the University Hospital of Padova; from 2005–2012 Full Professor of Clinical Pathology at the University of Padova; 2010-2014 President of the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS), Roma, Italy, 2004-today Director of the 2nd level Master in  Medicine and Biology of Reproduction at the University of Padova; 2017-today Member of the board of the Italian Society of Endocrinology: 2010-today Member of the permanent commission for the effects of depleted Uranium, 2010-today Coordinator of  “Consiglio di Indirizzo e Verifica dell'Istituto Oncologico Veneto”; 2016-today Coordinator of the National Committee for Assisted Reproduction; 2016-today Coordinator of the Regional Endocrinological Network; 2015-today Director of the Centre for Male Gamete Cryopreservation and Centre for Human Reproduction Pathology of the University Hospital of Padova; 2019-2021 Member of the “Commissione per l’Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale” (ASN) for Associate and Full Professor competition for the Italian University Ministry; 2012-today Full Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Padova; 2019-today Component of the “Consiglio Supoeriore di Sanità” (CSS) of the Italian Ministry of Health. Research topics Physiopathology of Human reproduction, Andrological endocrinology, Sperm genetics, Genetics of infertility, testicular cancer, cryptorchidism, Hormonal regulation of bone and muscle metabolism, Cross-talk bone-testis-pancreas, Pharmacogenetics of infertility, Klinefelter syndrome, Male osteoporosis, Metabolic syndrome, Male ageing, Sexually-transmittable diseases, Male and couple infertility, Spermatogenic function, Genetic causes of male infertility and hypogonadism, Physiopathology of gonadal function, Neuroregulation of Hypothalamus-Hypophysis axis, Sperm physiopathology, Effects of gonadotropin administration on spermatogenesis, Biochemical aspects of spermatogenesis, Sperm cryopreservation, Testicular cancer, Gonadotoxic treatments, Testicular tissue cryopreservation, In-vitro spermatogenesis, Endocrine disruptors, Androgens and bone metabolism, Genetic of primary hypogonadism, Male Gametes cryopreservation, Role of androgens in bone metabolism,Sexual transmitted diseases, HPV infection, Testicular cancer, Sperm DNA fragmentation, Sperm aneuploidies, Erectile dysfunction, Induratio penis plastica (Lapeyronie Syndrome), Premature Ejaculation. Publications:  On international peer-reviewed journals: 377; Citations: 9726; H-Index: 50; Author of 3 books and co-editor of 25 books. Member of Scientific Societies SIFR - Società Italiana di Fisiopatologia della Riproduzione; SIAMS - Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità; SIMI - Società Italiana di Medicina Interna; SIE - Società Italiana di Endocrinologia; SIGU - Società Italiana di Genetica Umana; SIFES - Società Italiana di Fertilità e Sterilità; FISSR - Federazione Italiana delle Società Scientifiche della Riproduzione; Fondazione Foresta ONLUS; The Endocrine Society; The American Fertility Society; The Society for the Study of Reproduction; American Society of Andrology; American Society of Human Genetics; European Society of Human Genetics; European Academy of Andrology. Editorial board in international journals: Journal of Endocrinological Investigation; Molecular Human Reproduction. Referee in International Journals; Nature Genetics;The Lancet;Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology; Endocrine Review; International Journal of Andrology; European Journal of Endocrinology;Hormone and Metabolic Research;Kidney International; Human Reproduction; Molecular Human Reproduction; Fertility and Sterility.

Andrea Lenzi (Bologna, 1953) lives in Rome (Italy). Current position: he is Full Professor of Endocrinology at Sapienza University of Rome and responsible for the Endocrinology, Metabolism, Obesity and Andrology branch at the Policlinico Umberto I University Hospital. Academic and scientific roles His past roles at the same University include President of the Degree Course in Medicine. He is, currently, Director of the Department of Experimental Medicine, Director of the PhD course in Endocrinological Sciences, of the Residency in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases and President of the e Sapienza School of Advanced Studies (SSAS) and Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Urban Health at Sapienza University. From a scientific and academic point of view Professor Lenzi is acclaimed nationally and internationally as an expert in Endocrinology. He was Secretary General of the International Society of Immunology of Reproduction, a former Secretary General of the European Academy of Andrology. In Italy he has been President of the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS) of the Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE) and of the Italian Research Foundation of the Society of Endocrinology. He has been also President of the National Committee of Guarantors for Research of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (2017-19), and, finally, President of the Italian National University Council (2007-17), the highest-level university body in Italy. He is currently President of the Italian Board of Professors in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Andrology and President of the Italian Board of Professors in Life Sciences (InterCollegium). From an institutional point of view, he is now the President of the Italian Committee for Biosafety, Biotechnology and Life Sciences operating under the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (2016 - to date). Publications As Researcher in Endocrinology he has produced more than 850 publications, comprising full papers, books, monographs and chapters, including more than 450 original articles published in international journals (Hirsch Index 71 - CI. 21744 - http://www.topitalianscientists.org ). He is currently series editor of the Major Reference Work book series in Endocrinology (Springer).

Mario Maggi is born in Florence (Italy) April 12th, 1956. He received his M.D. at the School of Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy in July 1981. He received a Post-Graduate diploma at the School of Endocrinology, at the University of Florence, Florence, Italy in November 1984. Current position: Full Professor of Endocrinology at University of Florence (Italy) since Sept. 2000.  Chief of the Endocrinological Unit at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, at the same University, since Nov. 2018. Director of the School of Specialization in Endocrinology at the same University, since Nov. 2019. Academic employment history: He got a Fellowship at the Laboratory of Theoretical and Physical Biology, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD (USA) in 1985-86. He was Consultant at Molecular Genetic Section Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD (USA) in 1991. He served as Assistant Professor at Andrology Unit, AOUC (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi), Florence (Italy) from 1993 to 2000. He was Chief of the Andrology Unit at AOUC (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi), Florence (Italy) from 2005 to 2009. He was Chief of the Sexual Medicine and Andrology Unit at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence (Italy) from 2009 to 2018.  Publications/awards: Prof. Maggi is the author of 600 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the fields of human reproduction and sexual medicine. Actual H-Index Google Scholar: 102 (from 2016: 64) – H-Index Scopus: 80. He received numerous research grants and awards, last of which the “Career Award 2020” awarded to him at the 22nd Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine (23-25 January 2020). He was Associate Editor for the “Human Reproduction Update” and the “International Journal of Endocrinology” and “Journal of Sexual Medicine”; at the present, he is Associate Editor of the “Journal of Endocrinological Investigation”.