P/01 · ANTIMICROBIALHydrogels
Oxidative Gel
A plant-derived antimicrobial gel utilizing controlled peroxide/ozonide-mediated oxidative mechanisms for bacterial inactivation.
Pre-clinical · Active
01 About me
Understand systems.
Redesign them.
A non-linear path — from food technology to IT, and into the private bio-lab — where process discipline meets curiosity for underlying mechanisms.
My name is Marco Maruccio. I have never thought within existing systems. I have always tried to understand them and redesign them.
My journey began in food technology. There I learned what it means to take responsibility for processes that require the highest level of precision, hygiene, and strict structure. My work in this field gave me a deep understanding of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and a disciplined workflow values that still form the foundation of my work today and show me that quality lies in both formulation and process.
Later I moved into IT and sales. Over more than a decade, I developed systems, managed networks, and led projects under high pressure. This period shaped me further: structured thinking, rapid problem analysis, and the ability to implement effective solutions.
But efficiency alone was never my goal. I was interested in what lies beneath the surface the mechanisms behind systems, whether biological or digital.
A turning point came when I was diagnosed with Lyme disease. Suddenly I was no longer just an observer of systems, but part of a complex biological process that could not be explained or solved using standard approaches.
This experience forced me to go deeper. I began analyzing biological systems with the same mindset I had already applied in food technology and later in IT: structured, critical, and solution-oriented.
This led to my first hypothesis-driven approaches for analyzing microbial systems developed iteratively, tested, and continuously refined. Over time it became clear: protocols alone are not enough. The real leverage lies in the formulation itself.
Based on this understanding I founded my own private bio-lab a deliberately independent and non-public development environment. There my focus shifted to the development of functional systems: functional formulations, oxidative gel structures, and material-based systems for investigating biological interactions.
Oxidative mechanisms in particular became central to my work as an approach to studying microbiological systems on a mechanistic level.
Today I focus on one of the central challenges of our time: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) the increasing ineffectiveness of conventional therapies. Standard solutions are reaching their limits. New models, interdisciplinary approaches, and a stronger focus on underlying mechanisms are required. My work operates precisely in this space: between scientific research, functional formulation, and early-stage exploratory technological approaches.
"Where others stop searching,
our shared path begins."