Roberta Carbone

Head of Biology, Tethis S.r.l.


Roberta Carbone graduated in Pharmacy at the University of Genoa and then spent two years at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda (NIH, USA). She attained a Ph.D. in Forensic Medicine at the University of Genoa. 
From 1995 till 2006 Dr. Carbone worked as Assistant Researcher at the Experimental Oncology Laboratory directed by Prof. Pier Giuseppe Pelicci at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan, where she focused her research on the development of novel approaches in drug discovery and biotechnological applications in the biomedical field. 
Dr. Carbone is author of several publications in peer-reviewed international journals, several national and international patent applications, and regularly participates at international conferences as speaker.
She joined the company Tethis in March 2006 where is currently Head of Biology, working on the development of innovative diagnostic devices and approaches based on Tethis’ proprietary nanostructured materials.