P. Alberto Carrara

Alberto Carrara, born in 1980, is a Catholic priest, academic and Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. His qualifications include training as a chemical and biological laboratory technician, a doctorate in medical biotechnology from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Padua, a PhD in philosophy of mind and neuroethics, and a bachelor's degree in Catholic theology.

At the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome, he serves as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Group in Neurobioethics, Full Professor of Philosophical Anthropology and Neuroethics, and Fellow of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights.

Since 2017, he has also been Full Professor of Anthropology and Neuroethics at the Faculty of Psychology of the European University of Rome. In addition, he is a MIUR-recognised Professor and a member of the Scientific Council of SISPI, the International School of Specialisation with Imaginative Procedure. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Brain Research Foundation Onlus and an active member of the International Neuroethics Society and the Italian Society of Neuroethics.

Since October 2021, he has served as President of the International Institute of Neurobioethics (IINBE). He has collaborated with Stephen M. Stahl on the neuroethics of severe psychiatric disorders since 2017 and is a founding member of ICONN, the International College of Neuroethics and Neuroscience.