Prof. Lorenzo Montanaro

Dr. Lorenzo Montanaro is a full professor at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna. He obtained his MD and Ph.D. from the University of Bologna in 1994 and 2000, respectively. He completed his post-doctoral studies at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA, and his clinical residency in clinical pathology at the University of Bologna in 2004. He worked as an associate professor at the University of Bologna from 2007 to 2020 and became a full professor in 2020. He carries out his research activity in clinical pathology with a particular focus on neoplastic and inherited disorders. His activity is directed toward understanding the pathological events that follow the alteration of the protein synthetic machinery of the cell to identify biomarkers that can be applied for diagnostic purposes and the definition of the response to therapies.