Team

MAMA 2024

Meet the faces behind the science

The Max Mazzone Lab can only thrive thanks to the dedication and commitment of its people, no matter what their function or seniority. Meet the team members who contributed to our breakthrough science.

Max Mazzone

Max Mazzone - Group Leader

VIB Group leader since February 2009

Full professor at KU Leuven, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine

Part-time full professor (Professore Straordinario)
Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center
University of Turin, Italy

Lab Management

Name
Sarah Trusso Cafarello
Function
Lab Manager
Name
Sarah Vlayen
Function
Management Assistant

Scientific Staff

Name
Marcello Delfini
Function
Staff Scientist
Name
Lotte Vanheer

Postdoctoral Fellows

Name
Rosa Trotta
Name
Marta Manco
Name
Pierre Bourdely

PhD Students

Name
Samantha Pretto
Name
Silvia Rivis
Name
Tommaso Scolaro
Name
Marie-Pauline Orban
Name
Shikang Zhao
Name
Iris Charatsidou
Name
Himal (Harry) Sharma
Name
João Fontela

Co-supervised PhD Students

Name
Isaure Vanmeerbeek

Lab technicians

Name
Fabiola Seminara
Name
Joren Verelst
Name
Alicia Jacquemotte

Visiting Scientists

Name
Yu Wang

Bachelor, Master, Erasmus, Exchange Students

Name
Linsha Ma
Name
Giulia Volpato