Michela Matteoli is Full Professor of Pharmacology at Humanitas University, Director of the Institute of Neuroscience of the CNR and Head of Pharmacology and Brain Pathology Lab, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan. Her research focuses on the synapse and how the immune system affects its formation and function. She authored about 160 publications and is among the Top Italian Scientists.
She is member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), of the Academia Europaea and of the Accademia dei Lincei. She has been awarded with the Mid Career Mentoring Award by the scientific journal Nature, the Athena Award for scientific merits, the Feltrinelli Award for Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology and the Marcello Sgarlata Prize.