Alessandro designs tools to facilitate the learning process in life sciences and explore interdisciplinary research, in- and outside universities. To do that, he transfers knowledge to non-experts by hosting workshops, designing open source tools and fostering critical discussion about biotechnology and innovation. Alessandro has a Master's degree of the Università degli Studi di Padova Degree in the field of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. In the Pocket Science Lab project he works on extending the functionality with an open spectrometer module.