Antimo Gioiello is Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Perugia (Italy). After studying organic synthesis, Antimo obtained his PhD in medicinal chemistry. He was visiting scientist at the University of Western Brittany (UBO, France), University of Vienna (Austria) and GSK (UK). Antimo has led several academic and industrial collaborations and his work experience spans various stages of early drug discovery in the area of druggable and orphan steroid receptors. His main research interests include the development of chemical probes and enabling synthesis for lead discovery and optimization. He is co-founder of Tes Pharma and serves as President of the Società Chimica Italiana – Umbria. He has co-authored more 100 scientific papers and holds patents in steroid field.