Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. announced the appointment of Leonardo Mirandola, Ph.D., as Chief Scientific Officer, effective immediately. Dr. Mirandola has served as the Company's Vice President of Research & Development and Clinical Translation since September 2021. His previous role was Head of Clinical Translation from 2020 to 2021, having joined the Company in 2016 as Executive Director of Research and Development (R&D).

Dr. Mirandola is an expert in molecular immunology and immunotherapy research, having authored more than 100 publications including original research papers, abstracts, and book chapters. His studies have included, among other topics, breakthrough findings in the interactions between tumor cells and immune cells, primarily focusing on the tumor microenvironment, neo angiogenesis, cell signaling, and how they influence the development of new therapeutic strategies. Additionally, Dr. Mirandola is the inventor of nine different patent-pending technologies ranging from tumor biomarker identification and validation to cancer vaccines and adoptive cell therapies.

Before joining Kiromic, Dr. Mirandola was a post-doctoral research scientist at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. He earned an M.S. in Medical Biotechnologies and a Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine at the University of Milan.