ERC: Lucia Gemma Delogu

Lucia Gemma Delogu leads the Immune-Nanolab, an interdisciplinary research team based in the Department of Biomedical Sciences. With a background that combines material science, immunology, and nanotechnology, she gained her research experience in the United States at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the Sanford-Burnham Institute in San Diego, working as a postdoctoral fellow in cutting-edge research centers. She has also served as a visiting professor at leading international institutions, including Technische Universität Dresden in Germany, New York University, and Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi. Professor Delogu has coordinated several interdisciplinary research projects funded by the European Commission, involving more than 20 partners from universities, research centers, and industry across Europe, the United States, and the Middle East. She has secured over 6 million euros in research funding and received multiple awards, including the prestigious Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, recognition as one of the “200 Best Young Talents of Italy” by the Italian Ministry of Youth, and the “Bedside to Bench & Back Award” from the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. She is the creator of the “NanoImmunity-by-design” concept and has pioneered new approaches to studying the interaction between 2D materials, air pollutants, and the immune system. Her work applies high-resolution single-cell techniques, such as single-cell mass cytometry, to explore these complex relationships. Her research has been published in leading scientific journals, including Nature Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Nature Communications, Nano Today, and ACS Nano. Her work bridges multiple fields—immunology, biomedicine, and material science—helping to reshape the boundaries of modern science through a truly interdisciplinary approach.