Umberto Malapelle

Umberto Malapelle, PhD, is Associate Professor and Chair of the Predictive Molecular Pathology Laboratory at the Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II.

His research is centered on molecular diagnostics and predictive biomarkers in solid tumors with a particular focus on lung cancer, colorectal cancer, melanoma, breast cancer, and GIST. Prof. Malapelle pioneered the integration of Next Generation Sequencing into clinical diagnostics.

He developed the CE-IVD certified SiRe® custom panel for molecular testing of solid tumors.He has authored more than 350 peer-reviewed publications.

He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Liquid Biopsy and as President of the International Society of Liquid Biopsy. Additionally, he is Coordinator of the Molecular Pathology and Precision Medicine Working Group of SIAPEC-IAP in Italy.