Lubka Roumenina
KI Best Reviewer
Prof. Lubka Roumenina is a senior scientist in Inserm, France, leading a group studying the innate immune complement system in physiology and pathology, with a focus on diseases affecting the kidney. She explores the mechanisms of activation and regulation of the complement cascade in the blood as well as the intracellular complement proteins. Lubka is among the pioneers exploring complement in heme-mediated diseases affecting the kidney such as sickle cell anemia and rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury as well as in renal cancer. She received the Young Researchers Award of the International Complement Society and the award for students’ supervision and excellence in research of Inserm in 2018 for her discoveries linking heme and complement to the pathological process in sickle cell anemia and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. Lubka is a passionate complementologist and a caring mentor with a mission to inspire young researchers to become the next generation of Complementologists.
The KI Best Reviewers will be acknowledged in the Editors’ Pick of ISN Journals: KI and KIR session taking place Sunday, February 27, 2022, 19:30-21:00 MYT (12:30-14:00 CET) in Room 4.