Andrea Alfieri earned a PhD in Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnologies at the University of Pavia in 2007, dealing with molecular biology, protein biochemistry and determination of protein structures in atomic detail by X-ray crystallography. He then continued to do research in the field of structural biology in several institutions (NKI, Amsterdam; IEO, Milan; University of Milan). In 2019 he moved to the Centro Grandi Strumenti, where he took care of the set-up of the cryo-electron microscopy laboratory and now manages its activity for internal and external researchers.

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9716-0339