Spaccapelo Lab

Università degli Studi di Perugia

Research team


Roberta Spaccapelo, PhD
Associate Professor in Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology

Section of Genetics and Genomics
Department of Medicine and Surgery
Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
Matthew J. Peirce, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher

Research area: Development of novel strategies to control insect vectors spreading of disease [link]
Alicia Y. W. Wong, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher

Research areas: Role of the microbiota in the development, progression and prognosis of diseases [link]; Testing and development of new antimalarial drugs [link]
Max Lombardi, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher

Research area: Development of novel strategies to control insect vectors spreading of disease [link]
Gloria Iacomelli, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher

Research area: Development of novel strategies to control insect vectors spreading of disease [link]
Giulia Bicchieraro, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher

Research areas: Application of NGS technology to clinical microbiology diagnostics [link]; Role of the microbiota in the development, progression and prognosis of diseases [link]
Fiorenza Malena
PhD student

Research area: Testing and development of new antimalarial drugs [link]
Martina Carlini
PhD student

Research area: Development of novel strategies to control insect vectors spreading of disease [link]
Melania Ligato
PhD student

Research area: Development of novel strategies to control insect vectors spreading of disease [link]
Celine Alami
PhD student

Research area: Development of novel strategies to control insect vectors spreading of disease [link]

Current interning students

Alessio Lavorgna (Master's thesis student, 2024-)
Mario Pio Marello (Master's thesis student, 2024-)
Nicol Magnelli (Master's thesis student, 2024-)
Chiara Chimenti (Master's student, 2025-)
Soumar Debes (Master's student, 2025-)

Past members

Rita Catanzani (Secretary, -2024)
Alessia Iacomoni (Bachelor's thesis student, 2024)
Teresa Scardigli (Bachelor's thesis student, 2024)
Antonella Turco (Postdoc, 2019-2023)
Flora Ballarino (Master's thesis student, 2022)
Luana Sallicandro (Master's thesis student, 2022)
Giulia Monacchia (Mosquito technician, -2022)
Michela Anna Gucciardino (PhD student, 2018-2021)
Lucia Pazzagli (PhD student, postdoctoral researcher, 2018-2021)
Anastasia Accoti (PhD student, postdoctoral researcher)

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