Alex has more than 10 years research and project management experience in microbiology. After obtaining his PhD in Microbiology at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, USA his research projects were funded twice by the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO, Heidelberg, Germany) and he has conducted microbiology research. at several high impact international institutions such as at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) at Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in Paris, France as well as at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and at University of California in Irvine, USA. He is currently attending a program at the medical school of Université Paris Diderot in Paris for a diploma to become a chief investigator for clinical trials. He leads the microbiology research and discovery activities at Biomillenia.