Alessandro Perego

Alessandro Perego is originally from Italy. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University-Provo, Utah. His passion for polymers research started during the summer of 2016, when he participated in the summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at The University of Akron under the mentorship of Dr. Alamgir Karim. In 2018, after graduation, he joined the Polymer Engineering program at The University of Akron where he is currently pursuing his doctoral degree as a member of Dr. Fardin Khabaz’s Complex Fluids Research Group. Outside his studies and research, Alessandro served as the president for the Polymer Engineering Student Organization (PESO) from 2019 to 2020.