Valerio Iebba holds degrees in Biological Sciences, Pediatric Sciences (PhD), Biostatistics (MSc), and Bioinformatics (MSc) from Sapienza University of Rome. He received the "Under 40 Researcher" prizes from Pasteur Institute. He served as an Assistant Researcher in Laurence Zitvogel lab. Since November 2019, he has led his lab at the University of Trieste, emphasizing functional metagenomics, gut microbiota, cancer immunotherapy, and Escherichia coli characterization.