Alessandro Bulfone

Dr. Alessandro Bulfone is the Vice President of Operations at Neurona Therapeutics where he leads all operational functions for the planning, prioritization, and execution of the company’s research and development programs. Most recently, Alessandro was head of the Biomedicine Department at CRS4 in Italy, an interdisciplinary research center focused on applying state-of-the-art computational and genomic technologies in large collaborative biomedical research projects. Previously, while leading an early-stage start-up company, he contributed to the identification and early development of putative molecular biomarkers in neuro-oncology and autoimmune diseases. In his prior career as an independent research investigator, he managed research projects at Hospital San Raffaele and Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine in Milan (Italy), focused on the characterization of genes involved in early forebrain development. Alessandro earned his M.D. and completed his residency in Neurology at the University of Turin, Italy. He completed his post-doctoral training in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, contributing to the early discoveries being studied further at Neurona Therapeutics.