Alessio Branchini is Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at the Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology at the University of Ferrara (Italy). After a BSc degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology (2004) and a MSc in Biomolecular and Cellular Sciences (2006), he received his PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology in 2011.

His research activity is mainly focused on the identification and characterization of genetic defects responsible for, or models of, blood coagulation disorders, including hemophilia, as well as on protein engineering approaches to generate improved fusion proteins joining coagulation factors and albumin.

He has presented his works in several national and international congresses, with his research being awarded by different national and international societies. He has also supervised several international research projects on hemophilia. Finally, he is also involved in teaching activities in the BSc and MSc in Biology, Biotechnology and Medical Biotechnology at the University of Ferrara, and serves, and has served, as associated/academic editor and reviewer for international journals and grant applications.