Matteo Politi has a PhD in natural product chemistry and a specialization in naturopathy. He has more than 20 years of multidisciplinary experience related with herbal medicine, working for several University centres, not-for-profit organizations, and private companies. He is currently a research collaborator at the Takiwasi Center in Peru and at the University of Chieti in Italy.

He has a deep passion for all sorts of traditional medicines, especially those orally transmitted from bio-diverse cultural contexts. He likes to travel to remote and wild environments, constantly looking for new insights from people and nature. He supports the vitalistic approach to health, and the animistic vision of nature, he practices with pleasure herbal medicine as a form of care and learning.