Céline Pattaroni is a Group Leader in the department of Immunology (STM) at Monash University and Program Lead within the Skin, Inflammation, Informatics and Neoplasia (SkIIN) Discovery Program. She specialises in systems immunology, with a focus on elucidating the cellular, microbial, and molecular architecture of human skin in both health and inflammatory disease. Her work integrates large-scale single-cell, epigenomic, transcriptomic, and microbiome datasets to construct a comprehensive, data-driven framework for understanding barrier immunity and the factors that drive immune heterogeneity across individuals and tissues.

Dr Pattaroni’s expertise spans computational biology, immunology, and host–microbe interactions. Before establishing her skin-focused research program, she contributed to international efforts in early-life respiratory research, characterising how microbial colonisation and immune maturation shape susceptibility to childhood wheeze and asthma. This early work laid the foundation for her current interest in how tissue environments, microbial communities, and immune networks interact to maintain homeostasis or promote pathology.

At Monash, she leads a multidisciplinary team at the interface of immunology and translational dermatology. Working closely with clinical and industry partners, her group develops analytical frameworks and integrative multi-omics approaches to elucidate the organisation and regulation of the barrier site microenvironment.