Alessandro earned his master’s degree in Pharmacy from the University of Cagliari in 2014. He subsequently joined the PhD program in Molecular and Translational Medicine at the same institution, focusing on the use of alternative models to animal testing—particularly zebrafish embryos (Danio rerio)—to investigate the effects of chemical mixtures on the developing central nervous system. As part of his doctoral training, he was a visiting researcher at the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in Utrecht, The Netherlands, from 2019 to 2021. He was awarded his PhD in 2021, defending a thesis titled “Developmental neurotoxicity testing of chemical mixtures in zebrafish embryos.”

In 2022, he joined the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Warsaw (Poland) as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, contributing to the research activities of Dr. Dorota Latek’s group in the field of computational biology. His work focused on the project “Self-learning systems in the design of compounds modulating GPCR receptor activation.”

Since March 2023, he has been appointed as a fixed-term Type A Researcher (RTDA) under Law 240/10 at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari.

His research focuses on the development and validation of analytical methods—particularly liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC) coupled with mass spectrometry (MS)—for the chemical and physico-chemical characterization of food matrices typical of the Mediterranean diet. These activities aim to identify potential quality markers and distinctive compositional features.

He has extensive expertise in the analysis of pesticide residues in plant-based matrices, primarily vegetables and fruits, as well as their processed products. Moreover, he is highly knowledgeable in the field of plant protection products, with specific expertise in the physico-chemical properties of formulations, their efficacy against target pathogens in authorised crops, and the development of analytical methods for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of active substances, metabolites, co-formulants, and residues in formulated products, as well as in various food and environmental matrices.

Links & identifiers

ORCID: 0000-0002-5638-9591

Scopus:  57817395700

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessandro-a-002a62a5/