Francesca Anna Carrieri

Francesca Anna Carrieri, PhD, is an accomplished scientist currently serving as Associate Principal Scientist at Lonza since January 2023. Previously, Francesca was a Postdoc Representative and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, where key contributions included advocating for postdoctoral needs and developing a novel method for creating patient-derived 3D organoid models to investigate Small Cell Lung Cancer resistance. Francesca's earlier experiences include a Wellcome Trust PhD at the University of Dundee, focusing on Notch signaling regulation, and a Research Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, studying Plac1 gene function during embryonic stem cell differentiation. Francesca holds a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Dundee and multiple degrees, including Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo.