Alessandra Guidi

Full Professor at the Department of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Pisa, where she has been teaching since 1998. She holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine with a specialization in Inspection of Food of Animal Origin and began her career with research experience at the CNR in Pisa. In 2005, she founded and led the Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology for Food Control until 2015, focusing on developing analytical methods for detecting illicit treatments and innovative models for food safety management. Since 2004, she has collaborated with international institutions and universities, particularly in China, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia, to improve veterinary public health systems. From 2010 to 2015, she served as President of the Sino-Italian International PhD Program and directed the Postgraduate School in Inspection of Food of Animal Origin from 2016 to 2021. In 2009, she established the Sino-Italian Center for Food Safety in collaboration with the Tuscany Region and the Guangxi Autonomous Region and Guangxi University. She served as Vice Rector for Internationalization at the University of Pisa (2010-2016) and was a board member of the Confucius Institute of Pisa (2013-2016). In 2019, she founded Safeaty srl, a spin-off of the University of Pisa, which was recognized in 2020 as one of Europe’s top ten food tech companies. Since 2021, she has been the Science Attaché at the Embassy of Italy in Beijing, appointed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. A frequent invited speaker at national and international conferences, she has coordinated numerous projects on food safety and public health. She has authored over 150 scientific publications, serves on the editorial boards of Foods and Insects (MDPI), and has published two novels.