Marcello Alecci joined the staff of the Scientific Attaché at the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago in May 2023.

Alecci holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from “La Sapienza” University of Rome and a PhD in Biomedical Physics and Bio-Engineering from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (1998).

A full professor at the University of L’Aquila, he has taught “General Physics and Laboratory,” “Molecular Imaging Physics and Technology,” “Diagnostic Instrumentation,” “Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer,” and served on the faculty of the School of Specialization in Health Physics and the Ph.D. Program in Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology at the University of L’Aquila.
From 2008 to 2013, he was Pro-rector for Technology Transfer at the University of L’Aquila. He founded and directed the Advanced Master in “Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer” (2007, 2009, 2011), the “Business Plan Competition” (2011, 2012) and the “Innovation Industrial Fellowships” (2011, 2012).

Prof. Alecci’s scientific activity has been mainly directed to the development of innovative instrumentation and techniques in Nuclear and Electronic Magnetic Resonance, and the application of these in Biology and Medicine. He is co-inventor of 14 patents and author of more than 350 scientific publications, including book chapters, internationally refereed journals, conference proceedings. He was a Young Investigator Award Finalist (Prague, 1996) sponsored by the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) and other international and national scientific awards. He is an associate member of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN, since 2011) and the Superconductors, Oxides and Other Innovative Materials and Devices Institute (SPIN-CNR, since 2016).