Lavandula spp.: From Crop Production to Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Applications

Maura Di Vito achieved with honours the Degree in Biology, the Specialization in Clinic Pathology, the PhD in Human Pathology at the University of Rome “Sapienza” and the higher education in Herbal Medicine at the University of Viterbo “La Tuscia”.

After her PhD, she started scientific studies on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Since 2013, she was visitor at the Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases of the Italian National Health Institut to develop research projects related to CAM. She collaborated with public hospitals (such as San Filippo Neri Hospital and Careggi Hospital) to develop targeted research projects. She worked at the Integrated Medicine Network of the Tuscany Region to develop a project entitled “European Partnership for Action Against Cancer (EPAAC)” of the European Commission. 

From 2017 to 2021 she was a research post-graduate at the department of agricultural and agro-food sciences of the university of bologna. she carried out the research of her project at the department of basic biotechnological sciences, intensive and preoperative clinics of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Rome. 

In 2021 she became a researcher at the same department of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Rome. 

In 2021-23 she obtained the National Scientific Qualifications for Associate Professor in “Clinical Microbiology”, in “Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacology” and in “Pharmaceutical Botany”.

She currently teaches at the Degree Course in Pharmacy and she is the coordinator of the Master entitled “Essential oils in phytotherapy and in pharmaceutical and cosmetics preparations” of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Rome. She carries out research and collaborates with companies to study the effectiveness of natural substances.