Giuseppe Astarita

Giuseppe Astarita works at the intersection of biology and technology. He is principal scientist in lipidomics and metabolomics at Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts, USA) and serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University (Washington, DC, USA). An expert in lipid mass spectrometry and metabolomics for translational medicine and biomarker discovery, his interests are in the role of lipid metabolism in health and disease, including inflammation, Alzheimers disease, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, aging, and drug addiction. In 2010, The International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids named him Top New Investigator Award in Biochemistry of Lipids.