**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Chiara Nediani** studied Biological Sciences at Florence University (Italy). She then completed her studies obtaining her post-graduate diploma in clinical biochemistry. In 2001, she was appointed Researcher of Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Florence and, in 2006, was promoted to Associate Professor. She currently works at the Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sperimentali e Cliniche "Mario Serio", University of Florence. Her research topics include: regulatory mechanisms of calcium homeostasis in cardiac and skeletal muscle; biochemical aspects and molecular mechanisms of myocardial damage induced by ischemia–reperfusion in cell models and in pigs undergoing volume and pressure overload; and oxidative stress mechanisms in end-stage human failing hearts. Currently, she is working on biochemical aspects and molecular mechanisms induced by oleuropein on amiloid aggregates, neuroblastoma cells, cardiomyocytes, and melanoma cells. She is the scientist responsible and member of various research project units of relevant national interest (PRIN) and private foundations (Telethon and Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze).

**Lisa Giovannelli** studied biological sciences at Florence University (Italy). She then completed her Ph.D. studies on the role of the cholinergic and purinergic system in the aging brain and the effect of the pharmacological modulation of these pathways, and was awarded her Ph.D. in 1990 from Florence University. In 1996, she was appointed Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Florence. She was promoted to Associate Professor (Pharmacology and Toxicology) in 2014. Her main research topics are: DNA damage as a biomarker of the effects of environmental pollutants, degenerative pathologies, and aging in experimental models and in humans; the protective effects of natural antioxidant compounds toward age-related dysfunctions and age-related markers in humans, in laboratory animals and in cell cultures. She has been involved in EU projects on polyphenols and flavonoids (POLYBIND, 1999–2002; FLAVO 2005–2008; NuGO network of Excellence, 2004–2010) and on DNA damage as a marker in human biomonitoring (ESCODD, 1999–2002; EU COST Action hCOMET, 2017–2020).
