Dr. Alexander Salerno obtained his degree in Medicine at the University of Genoa and completed the prestigious Biomedical Excellence Programme at the Institute of Superior Studies of the University of Genoa (ISSUGE) in 2016. After a research stay at the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH) focusing his research on peripheral nerve regeneration under the guidance of Prof. Kirsten Haastert-Talini, he then achieved the certification for his research training programme in Neurology at the University of Genoa in 2016 under he guidance of Prof. Angelo Schenone. At first, he started working at IRCCS ICS Maugeri focusing his interests on neurorehabilitation and stroke biomarkers. He then moved to Switzerland where he is currently working as clinical researcher at the CHUV University Hospital and University of Lausanne and completing his specialist training as neurologist and his MD-PhD degree in stroke Neurology at the University of Lausanne (UNIL). His interests are stroke neurology and neuroimaging, focusing especially on acute stroke management, perfusion neuroimaging and outcome prediction. He is currently working in the research team of Prof. Patrik Michel, where he is developing outcome prediction models supported by multimodal neuroimaging in the setting of acute ischemic stroke. He is co-investigator in multiple clinical research trials and is member of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO), the Swiss Stroke Society (SSS) and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).