Giuliano Garofolo
Head
Giuliano Garofolo is a veterinary officer and Head of the National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter. In this role, he coordinates activities at the national level, ensuring the quality and oversight of analyses for this zoonotic agent, which has a significant impact on both the Italian and European populations.
Giuliano Garofolo is a veterinary officer and Head of the National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter. In this role, he coordinates activities at the national level, ensuring the quality and oversight of analyses for this zoonotic agent, which has a significant impact on both the Italian and European populations.
He leads work in specialist bacteriology, molecular identification and typing of pathogenic bacteria, and provides support in the development of bacterial vaccines. He also has extensive experience in research management and has served in leadership roles in several national and international projects.
Over the past 15 years, he has worked in the fields of food safety, animal health, and highly pathogenic bacteria. His main scientific interests include molecular evolution of bacteria, antimicrobial resistance, and applied strategies for its control and mitigation, with a particular focus on public health impact. He is also interested in the study and application of CRISPR technology in microbiology.
His research primarily focuses on the use of innovative methodologies to monitor diseases and outbreaks, studying their evolution and spread over time and space.
He has authored 76 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and has an h-index of 24, according to the SCOPUS citation database.
