Federica Carnamucio, Ph.D.LinkedIn profile for Federica Carnamucio
Federica Carnamucio, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, Virginia Commonwealth University, specializing in nanopharmaceuticals for lung cancer treatments. Her academic journey began with a background in chemistry, focusing on analytical chemistry during her M.S. studies and Ph.D. program at the University of Messina, Italy. To further enhance her skills, she spent a year as a visiting scholar at VCU under the mentorship of Sandro da Rocha, Ph.D., where she developed nanochemotherapies for localized lung cancer treatment. Currently, Carnamucio leads research efforts aimed at modulating the tumor microenvironment of osteosarcoma lung metastases using nano chemo-immunotherapies.