The Director represents the Department and chairs the Council and the Executive Committee.
The Department Director:

• implements the resolutions of the Council and, with the collaboration of the Departmental board, promotes the activities of the Department;
• supervises compliance with the laws, the Statute and regulations;
• maintains relations with the other Departments of the University, with the academic bodies and with all other bodies at a local and academic level that promote and/or coordinate teaching, research and technological transfer.

For details, please refer to the Department regulations.

The director of the Department for the three-year period 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 is prof. Luca Zanni.
Deputy director is Prof. Anna Franchini.