Molina, Mariano A.

Mariano Molina, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Karolinska Institutet, where he investigates circulating bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEVs) as liquid biopsy biomarkers for multi-cancer early detection. His work integrates microbiology, liquid biopsies, and multiomics approaches to improve early cancer detection.

Originally from Panama, he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology from Universidad Latina de Panamá, followed by an MSc in Microbiology at Radboud University in the Netherlands, with research stays in the United States and Canada. He also completed his PhD in Medical Sciences at Radboud University, where he studied the cervicovaginal microbiome and its relationship to high-risk HPV infections, contributing with high-resolution sequencing methods to advance the field. After his PhD, he completed a postdoctoral training at Amsterdam UMC focused on RNA-based liquid biopsy biomarkers for cervical cancer.

Mariano is an active member of the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS), where he also serves as a Board Member, Chair of the Early Career Committee, and Member of the Social Media Committee.