Dr. Sandro Dernini

1974: Laura in Scienze Biologiche, Universita' di Cagliari 
1997: Ph.D., School of Education, New York University

Nel 2021, ha ricevuto il Premio sulla Dieta Mediterranea Ancel and Margaret Keys Award, al Secondo Congresso Internazionale Agrobiodiversity.

Nel 2014, ha ricevuto il Premio Eccellenza sulla Sostenibilità Alimentare, al Terzo Congresso Mondiale Public Health Nutrition, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Dal 2018 ad oggi: Consulente Internazionale, Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), Bari.

Dal 2019 ad oggi: Coordinatore, Piattaforma SFS-MED sui Sistemi Alimentari Sostenibili Mediterranei, CIHEAM, FAO (Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura), UfM (Union for the Mediterranean), Roma  .

Dal 2020 al 2025, esperto valutatore delle proposte progettuali dei Bandi Agri-food Chains della PRIMA Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area...

Dal 2014 al 2020: Segretario Generale, IFMeD (International Foundation of Mediterranean Diet), Londra.

Dal 2010 al 2017: Consulente Internazionale, FAO, Roma.

Dal 2007 al 2011: Capo Segreteria Presidenza, Istituto Nazionale della Nutrizione e degli Alimenti, Roma.

Dal 2003 ad oggi: Presidente,  Forum sulle Culture Alimentari Mediterranee, Roma.

Dal 2000-2002: Consulente Internazionale, FAO, Roma.

Dal 1999 ad oggi: Presidente, Plexus International Forum.

Doctorate in Biology, School of Science, University of Cagliari, Italy (1974)

PhD. in Art Education, School of Education, New York University (1997)

30 years' experience in the organization and the scientific coordination of international conferences and art & science events, including three World Conferences on the Revitalization of the Mediterranean Diet, in 2016 in Milan, in 2019 in Palermo, and in 2022 in Bari.

In 2014, he received the Award of Excellence in Food Sustainability by IACON-SENC at the Third World Conference of Public Health Nutrition in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.  In 2021, he received the Ancel and Margaret Keys Award at the 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress.

Since early 90's, Dr. Dernini is fostering an enduring transdisciplinary dialogue among international experts, from different disciplines and cultures, linking the notion of the well-being to the Mediterranean diet, food security and sustainability in the Mediterranean. He co-founded and coordinated several international initiatives, such as: the SFS-MED Platform, the International Foundation of Mediterranean Diet (IFMeD), the Forum on Mediterranean Food Cultures, the International Interuniversity Centre for Mediterranean Food Cultures Studies (CIISCAM) at the Sapienza University of Rome, the Consortium on the Well-Being in the XXI Century, the Interdepartmental Well Being Centre of the University of Cagliari, and Plexus International, an  informal network of artists and scientists.

He published as author or co-editor 6 books and more than 60 scientific articles on the Mediterranean diet and sustainable diets.

• Coordinator, SFS-MED Platform Coordination Desk, a multistakeholder initiative on Sustainable Food Systems in the Mediterranean, initiated by FAO, CIHEAM, Union for the Mediterranean and PRIMA Foundation;
• President, Forum on Mediterranean Food Cultures;
• President, Plexus International Forum Onlus;
• Senior Advisor, CIHEAM-Bari.

Since early 80s, Sandro Dernini is coordinating   Plexus International, an informal network of artists and scientists that is still playing a seminal role in the conception and realization of  numerous collaborative, cross-cultural, art&science events, linking the notion of "art" and "food" to  the concept of  "well-being" - as a multicultural paradigm enhancing the quality of life in the community.