Matteo Fassan is a cancer researcher with expertise in molecular pathology and histopathology of the gastrointestinal tract. He received his medical education and his specialty training in Surgical Pathology at Padua University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Kimmel Cancer Center of Philadelphia (2006-2007) and visiting scholar at the Ohio State University of Columbus (2013).

At present, he is associate professor at Padua University. He focuses his research on microRNA dysregulation in human pathology and microRNA use as innovative biomarkers to be included in clinical practice. He also has long-standing interests in murine models of human disease. He has published more than 300 articles in international scientific journals and coauthored 5 book chapters on these topics. He is an active fellow/member of the Italian Society of Pathology (SIAPEC - IAP), and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).