Maurizio Pesce

Maurizio Pesce serves as the Chairman of the Department of Cell Biology at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center since January 2024. Additionally, Maurizio has been involved with Centro Cardiologico Monzino since March 2001 as a Collaboratore a contratto and Group Leader, focusing on Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells, Mechanobiology, Valve Pathology, Vessel Engineering, and Epigenetics, while also working as a Senior Scientist in Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine and Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering. Prior experience includes serving as an Associate Research Scientist at Università di Roma Tor Vergata from January 1999 to January 2001, specializing in Germ Cell Biology, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at EMBL from January 1996 to December 1998, concentrating on the transcriptional regulation of totipotent cells. Maurizio's academic background includes a Laurea in Scienze Biologiche from Sapienza Università di Roma, a Dottorato di ricerca in Embriologia Medica from University of Rome Tor Vergata, and pursuing a Dottorato di Ricerca in Bioingegneria at Politecnico di Torino.