Flavia D’Alessio joined the European Vaccine Initiative as Project Manager in September 2013. She obtained a joint PhD degree in biology in 2012 from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Heidelberg University, where she also continued her work as Postdoctoral Researcher and attended a course in Project Management. Flavia holds a Master of Science degree in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology from the University of Naples “Federico II” and carried out her Master thesis research at the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) in Naples. Flavia has authored and co-authored scientific articles published in international journals.