- Doctorate, Natural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2020
Alessandro Manfrin, Ph.D., is a chemist at Exponent with several years of experience in analytical and environmental organic chemistry. He specializes in analytical method development and validation and physico-chemical studies supporting agrochemicals, biocides and industrial chemicals.
Before joining Exponent, Dr. Manfrin served as Study Director for Analytical Chemistry at IES Ltd. in Basel, Switzerland, where he managed analytical and physico-chemical studies within the ecotoxicology department, developed and validated GLP analytical methods for soil and water matrices and prepared GLP analytical reports.
Dr. Manfrin earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from ETH Zürich, where he subsequently completed a postdoctoral research fellowship. His research focused on the synthesis and photodegradation of organic contaminants and on the biodegradation and analytical quantification of polymers in soil.