Alberto received a Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University in 2012. His research interests are at the intersection of the fields of political economy, public choice, healthcare policy and health innovation, and the political economy of healthcare. On these topics, he published research papers in peer-reviewed academic journals as Public Choice, The European Journal of Political Economy, Kyklos, and Health Economics. He is currently working on a joint book project on the political economy of healthcare to be published with Cambridge University Press.

He is currently an Associate Professor of Economics at the International Business School Suzhou - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and External (non-resident) Fellow at the Center for Health Economics at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.