Morena has more than 15 years’ experience in Immunology. She joined Nouscom in 2016 as Senior group leader of the Immunology Department; she currently leads the Immunology team, drives company interactions with external collaborators for the evaluation of genetic vaccine platforms in preclinical models and liaises with internal teams to design immunogenicity evaluation strategies.

Before joining Nouscom she received her PhD in Biology and Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Perugia and then conducted her post-doctoral studies in Immunology at Harvard Medical School and was Senior Scientist in Okairos.