Daniele Piomelli

Daniele Piomelli studied pharmacology and neuroscience with James H. Schwartz and Eric Kandel at Columbia University (1983-1988), and with Paul Greengard at the Rockefeller University (1988-1990). After working at the INSERM in Paris (France) and at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, Daniele joined the University of California, Irvine, where he is now Louise Turner Arnold Chair in Neurosciences and Distinguished Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biological Chemistry. Daniele is an author of >470 peer-reviewed articles, three full-length books, and 36 patents. He founded the department of drug discovery and development (D3) at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa (Italy), which he directed from 2007 to 2016, and four biopharmaceutical start-ups based on discoveries made in his lab. He directs the UCI’s Center for the Study of Cannabis and is Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research.