Donata MEDAGLINI
Italian Representative in the H2020 Programme Committee on “Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing

Donata Medaglini is Professor of Microbiology at the University of Siena. She is the Italian Representative in the H2020 Programme Committee on “Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology,  Advanced Manufacturing and Processing”. Her research activity is in the field of vaccines, biotechnologies and advanced immunization technologies. She is author/co-author of several publications in international peer-reviewed journals.

DM is the Scientific Coordinator of the High Impact project “Advanced  Immunization Technologies” (ADITEC) supported by EU DG Research and Innovation. She is also the Coordinator of the project “Vaccine safety and immunogenicity signatures of human responses to rVSV-ZEBOV” (VSV-EBOVAC) supported by Innovative Medicine Initiatives 2 (IMI2), and the Managing Entity Coordinator of the project “Standardisation and development of assays for assessment of influenza vaccine correlates of protection” (FLUCOP)  supported by IMI.

She holds a PhD in Microbiology from the University of Genova. From 1992-1994 she was Research Associate in the Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology at The Rockefeller University (New York). From 2001-2003 she was National Expert at the European Commission, DG Research and Innovation. Since 2003 is Professor of Microbiology at the University of Siena.

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