DST Director
Maria Moreno is Full Professor, SSD BIO-09-Physiology, at the University of Sannio since 2015. For the three-year period 2016-2019 she was Dean of the Department of Science and Technology. For the three-year period 2019-2022 she is Dean of the Department of Science and Technology. She was President of the Degree Course in Biological Sciences, President of the Degree Course in Biotechnology and President of the Master of Science in Genetic Sciences and Technologies. From 2004 to 2007 she was Vicar Director of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences (currently the Department of Science and Technology). From 2010 to 2013 she was Vicar Dean of the Faculty of Science MM FF NN, University of Sannio.
The scientific skills of Professor Moreno mainly concern the effect of thyroid hormones on energy metabolism and their mechanism of action. Author of numerous scientific publications in international journals. Associate editor of Frontiers in Thyroid Endocrinology, Frontiers in Physiology and Immunology, Endocrine & Metabolic Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. She regularly reviews for some of the most important international journals such as those of the "Endocrine Society" (Endocrinology, Molecular Endocrinology, Journal Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, J of Endocrinology), journals of Physiology and Biochemistry (Journal of Physiology , Biochem Biophys Acta, FEBS Letters). She has carried out and carries out reviewer activities for PRIN, FIRB and VQR projects. Professor Moreno is a member of the Italian Society of Physiology and of the European Thyroid Association (ETA).
Maria Moreno is Full Professor, SSD BIO-09-Physiology, at the University of Sannio since 2015. For the three-year period 2016-2019 she was Dean of the Department of Science and Technology. For the three-year period 2019-2022 she is Dean of the Department of Science and Technology. She was President of the Degree Course in Biological Sciences, President of the Degree Course in Biotechnology and President of the Master of Science in Genetic Sciences and Technologies. From 2004 to 2007 she was Vicar Director of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences (currently the Department of Science and Technology). From 2010 to 2013 she was Vicar Dean of the Faculty of Science MM FF NN, University of Sannio.
The scientific skills of Professor Moreno mainly concern the effect of thyroid hormones on energy metabolism and their mechanism of action. Author of numerous scientific publications in international journals. Associate editor of Frontiers in Thyroid Endocrinology, Frontiers in Physiology and Immunology, Endocrine & Metabolic Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. She regularly reviews for some of the most important international journals such as those of the "Endocrine Society" (Endocrinology, Molecular Endocrinology, Journal Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, J of Endocrinology), journals of Physiology and Biochemistry (Journal of Physiology , Biochem Biophys Acta, FEBS Letters). She has carried out and carries out reviewer activities for PRIN, FIRB and VQR projects. Professor Moreno is a member of the Italian Society of Physiology and of the European Thyroid Association (ETA).