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Alessandro is the Infrastructure Manager and Node Coordinator of ELIXIR-IT. He holds a PhD in Computational Biology (2005) from the University of Padua, where he focused on genome sequencing and annotation of the deep-sea bacterium Photobacterium profundum. Over the years, he has specialised in genome data analysis and management, contributing to major projects such as the gene prediction and functional annotation of the Pinot Noir, Golden Delicious, strawberry, pear, and citrus genomes. His research interests include genomics, transcriptomics, and biological data management.

Master degree in Computer Science. Bioinformatician from 2001 in CNR-ITB, Bari. Expertise in Research Data Management; design and development of biological database and data integration tools; application of FAIR principles for data and metadata standardization. Expert in DataCenter management for the storage and processing of Life Science-oriented data. Competences in development of pipelines for the analysis of omics data. In ELIXIR-IT RDM Community co-leader and Interoperbility plaform deputy in ELIXIR-IT.

Lab manager and technical coordinator at the BioComputing UP lab, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua. Currently involved in ELIXIR Interoperability platform projects and RDM Community (DATAREX Implementation Study)