Maria Teresa Gigliozzi has graduated in Literature and Philosophy and obtained a diploma in Specialist School of Medieval and Modern Art History from La Sapienza University in Rome, where she also earned a PhD degree in History of architecture, restoration and conservation of architectural heritage.
She is currently Associate Professor of Medieval Art History at the University of Macerata and Visiting Professor of Medieval Christian Art History at the Pontifical Gregorian University. She is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the National Gallery of Umbria, by direct appointment of the Minister of Culture. She coordinates the international journal 'Il Capitale Culturale. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage', of which she is also a member of the Editorial and Scientific Board. She is also a member of the Editorial Board of the international journal 'Medieval Art'. She was editor of the Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani and, in particular, of the Encyclopaedia of Medieval Art, where she collaborated for ten years.
Her research activity is mainly focused on medieval architecture, with particular emphasis on aspects related to construction techniques, architectural models, settlement patterns, urban planning, restoration history and virtual reconstruction.