Personale docente

Professor Furio Brighenti is Professor Emeritus at the University of Parma, where he was Full Professor of Food and Human Nutrition and held numerous institutional roles, including chair of the degree programs in Gastronomic Sciences and Human Nutrition Sciences and coordinator of the PhD program in Food Sciences. From 2013 to 2017, he was Pro-Rector for Research and Library and Museum Systems.

Among his non-institutional roles, he was president of the Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU), a member of the Review Committee for the Guidelines for a Healthy Italian Diet, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Food Science & Nutrition, and a trainer for the European Commission's Better Training for Safer Foods program. He also served on the board of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS).

His ongoing scientific work focuses on the nutritional quality of foods, with particular attention to complex carbohydrates, fiber, and antioxidants, and their impact on metabolism and intestinal function. He is the author of over 220 publications in indexed journals. His scientific production is available on ResearcherID (http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-4174-2010), and in 2014 he was included among the Highly Cited Researchers in the field of Agricultural Sciences.