National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Dr. Erika Palmieri is a Staff Scientist at the Cancer Innovation Laboratory, National Cancer Institute (NCI). With a PhD in Biochemical and Pharmacological Sciences from the University of Bari, her research focuses on metabolic shifts in immune cells, particularly macrophages, during inflammation and disease. She specializes in using metabolomics, mass spectrometry, and carbon tracing technologies to explore immune metabolism, nitric oxide biology, and disease progression mechanisms. Dr.Palmieri's work has contributed to key discoveries in immunometabolism and has been recognized with awards from the NIH and Females in Mass Spectrometry (FeMS).