University of Messina
Francesco Cacciola is a Full Professor of Food Chemistry at Università degli Studi di Messina, serving as Coordinator of the BSc in Gastronomic Sciences since October 2021. Cacciola has extensive experience in academia, having been an Associate Professor and previously an Assistant Professor of Food Chemistry at the University of Messina since December 2012. Notably, Cacciola completed a Post-Doc at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA) in 2010, focusing on the analysis of bioactive compounds in Stevia rebaudiana. Additional post-graduate fellowships were undertaken at the University of Pardubice, contributing to research in analytical chemistry. Cacciola earned a PhD in Food Chemistry and Safety and a Master's degree in Pharmacy from the University of Messina.
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University of Messina
The University of Messina (Italian: Università degli Studi di Messina, UNIME) is a public university located in Messina, Italy. Founded in 1548 by Ignatius of Loyola, it became the model for hundreds of Jesuit colleges. The University of Messina has an old cultural and educational tradition, going back to the end of thirteenth century when a school of law was founded there. The predecessor institution of the University was the College of Messina (Collegio dei gesuiti in Messina) founded in 1548 by Ignatius of Loyola. In the seventeenth century people such as Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Pietro Castelli, Giovan Battista Cortesi, Carlo Fracassati, Giacomo Gallo, Mario Giurba, Marcello Malpighi and Francesco Maurolico were at the university but in 1678 it was closed because of the revolution against the Spaniards. The University was refounded in 1838 by King Ferdinand II. In 1847 as result of the antiborbonic revolution of the city, the University was again closed and reopened after two years, with restrictions to students from regions other than Sicily. The earthquake in 1908 destroyed a great part of the inadequately engineered University buildings including its famous library and scientific equipment. But only a year later in 1909 the Faculty of Law was reopened. The Faculties of Science, Pharmacy and Medicine reopened in the years 1914/15.