Antonella Piscioneri is a researcher at ITM since December 2018. Her degree and background are in biological science applied to membrane technology and engineering. She holds a Phd in Molecular Biopathology during which she focused on the realization of biohybrid membrane systems for cellular and tissue constructs maintenance. She was appointed as scientist at Biomedical-Biotechnological Center, BBZ, University of Liepzig, Germany (2007-2008). She performed her post-doctoral activity as visiting researcher at the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (2012-2013). Winner of the Young Investigator Award at the 7th World Congress on Preventive and Regenerative Medicine (Taipei) for the paper titled “Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Neuroprotective Effect in a Compartmentalized Neuronal Membrane System”.