Massimo Riccardo Porro

Background

Porro, Massimo Riccardo was born on January 23, 1950 in Rosignano, Livorno, Italy. Son of Michele and Vera (Vivaldi) Porro.

Education

Diploma in Industrial Chemistry, Girolamo & Margherita Montani, Fermo, Italy, 1969; degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, U. Siena, Italy, 1974.

Career

Director Research and Development bacterial vaccines, Sclavo S.P.A., Siena, 1984-1986; science consultant, Praxis Biologics Inc., Rochester, New York, 1986-1988; science director, Biosynth Research laboratories, Rapolano, Italy, since 1989. Guest scientist Office Biologics, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, 1978, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1978. Visiting scientist Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1983.

Science advisor World Health Organization, Geneva, 1986.

Achievements

• Massimo Riccardo Porro has been listed as a noteworthy Immunochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of New York Academy Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, music.

Connections

Married Maria Pia Brachini, April 16, 1979. Children: Michela, Matteo, Michelangelo.

Father:

Michele Porro

Mother:

Vera (Vivaldi) Porro

Spouse:

Maria Pia Brachini

child:

Michelangelo Porro

child:

Matteo Porro

child:

Michela Porro