Oriana Lo Re, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at ISMETT–UPMC (Palermo, Italy) and Editor-in-Chief at Frontiers in Medicine for the topic Metabolic and Epigenetic Dynamics in Shaping the Tumor Microenvironment. She is a molecular biologist and biochemist with extensive expertise in epigenetics, cancer metabolism, stem cell biology, and liver diseases. She has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, including first- and senior-author articles in high-impact international journals such as Hepatology, Theranostics, Clinical Epigenetics, Stem Cells, FASEB Journal, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, and Scientific Reports. Her work has significantly advanced the understanding of histone variants, epigenetic regulation, and metabolic reprogramming in cancer and chronic liver disease. Dr. Lo Re earned her PhD in Medical Biology (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) from Masaryk University and has held senior scientific appointments at leading European institutions, including the University of Liverpool, the International Clinical Research Center (Czech Republic), and the Medical University of Varna. Her research integrates multi-omics approaches, patient-derived organoids, and advanced in vitro and in vivo models with strong translational relevance. She is actively engaged in international collaborations, editorial activities, peer review, and academic mentoring.