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Biography
Vincenzo Castronovo, born on July 14th 1958 in Liège, Belgium; married, Four child; Belgian national;
MD degree in 1982 (University of Liège, Belgium). Ph.D. degree in 1897 (University of Liège, Belgium) Gynecologist-obstetrician-oncologist in 1992 (University of Liège, Belgium)
1987-1992: Post doctoral research position at the Laboratory of Pathology (Prof. Lance Liotta, National Cancer Institute, N.I.H., Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.)
From 1992 to date – founder and director of the Metastases Research Laboratory.
1998 to date: Chairman of the department of Biology and full professor ( Faculty of medicine, University of Liège, Belgium)
Supervised to completion more 16 PhD fellows as promoter;
Associated Editor of Journal of American Journal of Pathology, Neoplasm, Tumori.
Founder of Tarfgetome, a Spinoff biotechnology company.
21 national and international honours and scientific awards.
235 peer-reviewed publications; factor =24; H FACTOR7 Patents.
H-index all: 61 (source: scopus)
H-index 5-years: 11 (source: scopus)
Citation index: 11200 (source: scopus)
Citation index 5-year: 306 (source: scopus)