Alessandro Paccagnella graduated in Physics at the University of Padua in 1983 and became (2000) Full professor of electronics at the Department of information engineering of the University of Padua, Italy. Since August 2015, he is Honorary professor of the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.

       During his academic career, A. P. was elected twice as Director (Chair) of the Department of Information Engineering (2008-2014), being member of the Academic Senate during the period 2012-2014. From October 1st, 2015, to September 30, 2021, A. P. was appointed as Vice-rector for international relations of the University of Padua, being in charge for managing the international relations of the University.

       In the scientific field, A. P. is author of more than 300 papers published on international peer-reviewed journals. His Scopus H-index is 45 and his papers have received more than 19,400 citations. He holds also 7 patents.

       In the past, his research activity involved the study of different aspects of physics, technology, and reliability of semiconductor devices. He spent some research periods at the University of California, San Diego, CA, and at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. At present he coordinates the research activity of the RREACT group at the Department of Information Engineering, working on the reliability of micro/nanoelectronic devices, in collaboration with many international academic, industrial and research laboratories. He has been responsible of various research projects and contracts. He is also developing in parallel a research activity in the field of biosensors, including various applications in the biomedical and agri-food fields.

       Since 2019 he has been studying the relations between microelectronics and geopolitics in collaboration with experts in international relations. In order to get new students and researchers exposed and involved in this transdisciplinary field, in 2022 he started an innovative course for Master students entitled “Microelectronics and geopolitics” with prof. David Burigana of the University of Padova.