Virginia has a degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and she is senior researcher with over ten years of research experience in the discovery and development of preventive and therapeutic vaccines against chronic infectious human diseases.

Her career has included four years at CEINGE – Biotecnologie Avanzate in Naples, Italy, where she was involved in following projects:

“Isolation and characterization of new adenoviruses”

“Identification of specific antibodies against human membranes proteins”.

Her unit’s results have supported preclinical and clinical research in infectious diseases and contributed to several publications in this field.

Virginia joined the vectorology team of ReiThera Srl in 2007. Currently, she is the Qualified Person and Quality Assurance Manager of the ReiThera facility, where she is responsible for testing and release of biological investigational medicinal products and for the GMP quality system.