Vito Martella received his veterinary degree in 1996 from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Bari, Italy. Between 1997 and 2000, he completed a PhD on infectious diseases of small animals, and from 2000 he was a researcher working on various aspects of virology and diagnostics. Since 2001, he has been Associate Professor and since 2017 Full Professor at the Department of Veterinary Medicine of Bari. His current research focus is primarily on enteric viruses at the interface between animals and humans, virus discovery and characterization and optimization of diagnostic tests. From 2018, he has been coordinator of the “Master course in Safety of food of animal origin and health – LM86”. From 2019, he has been the head of Section IV of the Italian Supreme Health Council.
