Gianluca Serafini is born in Avezzano (L’Aquila), Italy, in 1978 from Italian parents. He took his degree in Medicine and Surgery at Sapienza University of Rome, becoming later psychiatrist. In 2012, he obtained his Ph.D. in Psychiatry: Early Interventions in Psychosis.

From over ten years he worked as clinician and researcher at Sant’Andrea Hospital in Rome where from 2007 he is an active member of the Center for Suicide Prevention. His major research interests include neurobiology of suicide and major affective disorders, neuroscience, neuroplasticity, psychopharmacology.

He has been included in “2010 Marquis Who’s Who in the World”, “2011 Marquis Who’s Who in the World”, “2012 Marquis Who’s Who in the World”, “2013 Marquis Who’s Who in the World” and he is a fellow of several scientific Societies (New York Academy of Sciences, International Society for Affective Disorders, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Sociedad Española De Patología Dual, European Psychiatric Association (section Neuroimaging), Società Italiana di Psichiatria, Associazione Italiana Lotta allo Stigma).

He is an active researcher being the author of more than 120 publications in scientific journals (author of more than 60 articles in peer reviewed international and national journals, author of approximately 40 book chapters, author of more than 20 abstract/posters in peer reviewed international journals).

From 2007 he was a speaker in more than 100 national and international conferences and he is currently Editor-in-chief of 1 and Associate Editor of 2 international journals. He actually worked as reviewer for 50 peer reviewed international journals, he is Editorial/Advisory Board member of more than 20 peer reviewed international journals.