Born in Savona, Liguria, the 6th of Feb. 1980.

Oct. 2003: B.Sc. cum laude in Computer Science at University of Genova.

Sept. 2005: M.Sc. cum laude in Computer Science at University of Genova.

From Dec. 2006 to Jan. 2010: research grants at IEIIT-CNR, Branch of Genova.

Apr. 2010: Ph.D. in Computer Science at University of Genova on HPC and Grid technologies.

From Feb. 2010 to Mar. 2011: PostDoc in Computer Security at AI-Lab, DIST, University of Genova.

From Apr. 2011 to Aug. 2014: Assistant Professor at E-Campus University and Associate Researcher at AI-Lab, DIBRIS, University of Genova.

From Sep. 2014 to Aug. 2017: Assistant Professor (RTD-a) at DIBRIS, University of Genova.

From Oct. 2017 to Sep. 2020: Assistant Professor (RTD-b) at DIBRIS, University of Genova.

From Oct. 2020 to May 2023: Associate Professor at DIBRIS, University of Genova.

Apr. 2017: Habilitation as “Associate Professor” both in Computer Engineering (S.C. 09/H1) and in Computer Science (S.C. 01/B1), according to the Italian National Scientific Habilitation Procedure (ASN 2016-2018).

July 2018: Habilitation as “Full Professor” in Computer Engineering (S.C. 09/H1), according to the Italian National Scientific Habilitation Procedure (ASN 2016-2018).

Nov. 2020: Habilitation as “Full Professor” in Computer Science (S.C. 01/B1), according to the Italian National Scientific Habilitation Procedure (ASN 2016-2018).

Director at CASD, School for Advanced Defense Studies (since Nov. 2024)

Full Professor at CASD, School for Advanced Defense Studies (since Jun. 2023).

Founder and C.T.O. at Talos s.r.l.s (since Jan. 2016).

Google Scholar

Scopus ID: 15136674200

DBLP: https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/m/Merlo:Alessio.html

Orcid: 0000-0002-2272-2376

Semantic Scholar: 2611687

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alessio_Merlo

2026 - 2028: Federico Valletta (Cycle XLI)

2026 - 2028: Giacomo Ratto (Cycle XLI)

2025 - 2027: Antonio Balordi (Cycle XL)

2025 - 2027: Giorgio Volta (Cycle XL)

2024 - 2026: Lorenzo Valeriani (Cycle XXXIX)

2024 - 2026: Michael Romei De Socio (Cycle XXXIX)

2024 - 2026: Gianluca De Lucia (Cycle XXXIX)

2022 - 2025: Giovanni Minuto (Cycle XXXVII)

2021 - 2024: Serena Cofano (Cycle XXXVI)

2021-2024: Giacomo Longo (Cycle XXXVI)

2021-2024: Giacomo Benedetti (Cycle XXXVI)

2021-2024: Francesco Pagano (Cycle XXXVI)

2020-2023: Antonio Ruggia (Cycle XXXV).

2020-2023: Marco Raimondi (Cycle XXXV).

2019-2022: Marco Zuppelli (Cycle XXXIV).

2017-2020: Simone Aonzo (Cycle XXXI); now Assistant Professor at EURECOM.

2013-2017: Luca Verderame (Cycle XXVIII); now Tenured Assistant Professor (RTD-b) at DIBRIS, University of Genoa.