Doctor Roman Vuerich

Dr Roman Vuerich is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Vascular Signalling, Goethe University Frankfurt (Prof. Ingrid Fleming). His research bridges vascular biology and regenerative medicine, leveraging preclinical mouse models, advanced vascular imaging and single-cell multi-omics to map microvascular remodelling and therapeutic angiogenesis. During his PhD in Molecular Biomedicine (University of Trieste/ICGEB, 2024; Prof. Serena Zacchigna), he studied endothelial-cardiomyocyte communication and developed strategies to restore the pro-angiogenic and regenerative capacity of the adult heart. He now investigates endothelial–pericyte crosstalk and lactate- and lipid-driven metabolic-epigenetic reprogramming that shapes endothelial plasticity, fibrosis and organ dysfunction in myocardial infarction and cardiometabolic disease, aiming to identify targetable reprogramming mechanisms for next-generation vascular therapies.