Biography

Alex manages the research safety division of Environmental Health and Safety at UC Santa Barbara. He has been a UCSB employee for almost 14 years, 8 of them in this position. Born in Italy but raised in Oakland, California, Alex obtained a B.S. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Emory University. After a couple of decades of doing research in the private sector, he returned to the UC system as an EH&S staff member in 2011. Other campus involvement includes 3 years in the UCSB Chancellor’s Staff Advisory Council, 2 as co-chair. This is his second year on Staff Assembly and the first as a CUCSA delegate.