Alberto received his BSc/MSc degrees in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Zaragoza, Spain. He then completed his PhD in 2011 in Molecular Biology (Autonomous University of Madrid) at the Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (Madrid, Spain), in the group of Dr. Miguel Torres. His PhD work focused on the control of limb patterning by intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms. During his postdoc at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA) with Dr Alex Joyner (2012-2018), he pioneered mouse genetic models of unilateral perturbations of limb growth to study the repair of developmental defects. In June 2018 he joined the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (Monash University, Melbourne) as a Group Leader, where his lab studied the organ-repair responses activated by developmental perturbations, focussing on the long bones of the limbs. In June 2023 he joined the University of Cambridge as Associate Professor of Developmental Genetics, with a joint appointment between the Dept. of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, and the Dept. of Genetics. A new line of work at Cambridge is using inter-species chimeras to study if/how the patterning, tempo and size of the limb are affected by the embryonic environment of a different species.

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Because having started two labs was not enough of a challenge, in July 2025 Alberto will move to the beautiful Nice to carry on regenerative and evo-devo research as an Inserm Chair Professor Junior at the institute of Biology Valrose. He will travel between the French and UK labs to coordinate efforts and foster the exchange of knowledge and resources