Fabio Marongiu is an Associate Professor at the University of Cagliari. In 2003, he graduated with highest honors with an MS in Biological Sciences from University of Cagliari, and in 2007 he obtained his PhD from the same Institute in Chemotherapy of Viral Infections. In 2007 he was granted a fellowship for a 2-year post-doc at the University of Pittsburgh (USA) in the Department of Pathology under the supervision of Prof. Stephen Strom. The main topic of his research focused on the isolation, culture and characterization of human amnion-derived stem cells and their differentiation into other cell types. Since then he has maintained an active line of research on the regenerative medicine of the liver. His main contributions in the field pertain to the differentiation of amniotic cells into hepatocytes and other liver cell types, and their perspective use for the regeneration of the liver and the correction on inborn liver-based metabolic disease. In the last decade, his research interest has also focused on the role of tissue microenvironment in the development and progression of cancer, with particular regards to aging. These studies unveiled possible mechanistic links between carcinogenesis and tissue regenerations, with a specific focus on cell senescence and cell competition.

He has authored over 50 peer reviewed articles in international Journals, 8 book chapters and over 30 contributions in international conferences, 7 of which were awarded for best presentation.

H-index: 23 (Scopus), 26 (Scholar) – Total Citations: 2782 (Scopus), 4108 (Scholar).