1. CURRICULUM VITAE:
ALBERTO SALOMONE, PHD
VIA PRINCIPE TOMMASO 35, 10125 TURIN, ITALY
+39 348 9330145
ALBERTO.SALOMONE@ANTIDOPING.PIEMONTE.IT
DATE OF BIRTH: 30.03.1974
Present position: Laboratory Supervisor - Forensic Toxicology Unit at the Regional Anti-Doping and Toxicology Center “A. Bertinaria” in
Orbassano (TO), Italy
a) Professional experience:
Date from -
Date to
Location Company Position Description
02/2006-
onwards
Orbassano
(TO), Italy
Regional Anti-
Doping Center
Employed Laboratory Supervisor - Forensic Toxicology Unit: personnel
management, project management, development of analytical
procedures, management and maintenance of equipment, consulting,
training for students, accreditation for National and International
Bodies according to ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 international quality
standards.
02-03/2008 Beirut,
Lebanon
Ministry of
Economy and
Trade
Expert Short term expert for GC-MS for in-house training according to project
“Training for Metrology, accreditation body and standardisation body at
Beirut, Lebanon”, Europe Aid/122120/D/SER/LB
01/2005-
02/2006
Orbassano
(TO), Italy
Regional Anti-
Doping Centre
Fellowship Member of the International Scientific Team for anti-doping analyses during
the XX Olympic Winter Games and the IX Paralympic Winter Games:
installation and maintenance of GC-MS stations, validation of procedures,
screening and confirmation analyses

2. 12/2003-
12/2004
Turin, Italy University of
Turin
Fellowship Development and validation of new analytical methods for the detection of
doping substances and drugs of abuse
11/2000-
11/2003
Turin, Italy National Council
of Research
Fellowship Responsible for the project “Development of serological rapid test for
diagnosis of plant viruses”
b) Education:
Institution Diploma obtained:
University of Turin, Faculty of Science (1994-2000) Master Degree in Chemistry
University of Turin, Faculty of Science (2004-2008) PhD in Analytical Chemistry
University of Turin, Faculty of Medicine (2008-2014) Postgraduate School in Clinical Biochemistry
Languages:
Competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Language Reading Speaking Writing
English (First Certificate in
English and Certificate in
Advanced English)
1 1 1
French 2 2 3
Membership of professional bodies:
Qualification to practice as a Chemist (2004)

3. TIAFT (The International Association of Forensic Toxicologist)
EWDTS (European Workplace Drug Testing Society) – PRESIDENT SINCE 2015
SoHT (Society of Hair Testing)
SOFT (The Society of Forensic Toxicologists)
GTFI (The Italian Group of Forensic Toxicologists)
c) Publications:
1) SALOMONE A. & ROGGERO P. (2002), Host range, seed transmission and detection by ELISA and lateral flow of an Italian
isolate of Pepino mosaic virus, Journal of Plant Pathology, 84(1):65-68
2) SALOMONE A., BRUZZONE C., MINUTO G., MINUTO A., ROGGERO P. (2002), A comparison of lateral flow and ELISA
for the detection of Tomato mosaic virus in tomato, Journal of Plant Pathology, 84(3):193
3) SALOMONE A., MASENGA V., MINUTO G., PARODI C., ROGGERO P. (2003), First report of Tomato spotted wilt virus
(Tospovirus, Bunyaviridae) infecting Euphorbia eritrea and Asclepias curassavica in Liguria, Italy, Plant Pathology, 52(6): 806
4) SALOMONE A., MONGELLI M., ROGGERO P., BOSCIA D. (2004), Reliability of the detection of Citrus tristeza virus by an
immunochromatographic lateral flow assay in comparison with ELISA, Journal of Plant Pathology, 86(1): 43-48
5) TOZZI C., SALOMONE A., GIRAUDI G., ANFOSSI L., BAGGIANI C., GIOVANNOLI C. (2004), Increased sensitivity of
autoantibody determination by Coupled-Particle Light-Scattering assay by poly(ethylene glycol)-modified beads”,
Anal.Chim.Acta, 510: 153-161
6) BRUNELLI C., BICCHI C., DI STILO A., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M. (2006), High-speed gas-chromatography in
doping control: fast-gc and fast-gc/ms determination of β-adrenoceptor ligands and diuretics, J. Separation Sci, 29 (18): 2765-
2771
7) GERACE E., SALOMONE A., FASANO F., COSTA R., BOSCHI D., DI STILO A., VINCENTI M. (2011), Validation of a
GC/MS method for the detection of two quinolinone-derived selective androgen receptor modulators in doping control analysis,
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 400:137-144
8) PIRRO V., DI CORCIA D., PELLEGRINO S., VINCENTI M., SCIUTTERI B., SALOMONE A. (2011) A study of
distribution of ethyl glucuronide in different keratin matrices, Forensic Science International, 210:271-277

4. 9) SALOMONE A., GERACE E., BRIZIO P., GENNARO M.C., VINCENTI M. (2011) A fast liquid chromatography-tandem
mass spectrometry method for determining benzodiazepines and analogues in urine. Validation and application to real cases of
forensic interest, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 56:582-591
10) SALOMONE A., DI CORCIA D., GERACE E., VINCENTI M. (2011) A fatal case of simultaneous ingestion of mirtazapine,
escitalopram and valproic acid, Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 35(7):519-523
11) PIRRO V., VALENTE V., OLIVERI P., DE BERNARDIS A., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M. (2011) Chemometric
evaluation of nine alcohol biomarkers on a large population of clinically-classified subjects: prevalence of ethyl glucuronide
concentration in hair for confirmatory classification, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Analytical and Bioanalytical
Chemistry 401(7): 2153-2164
12) GERACE E., SALOMONE A., PELLEGRINO S., VINCENTI M. (2012), Evidence of Haldol (halopedol) long-term
intoxication, Forensic Science International, 215:121-123
13) SALOMONE A., GERACE E., DI CORCIA D., MARTRA G., PETRARULO M., VINCENTI M. (2012) Hair analysis of drugs
involved in drug-facilitated sexual assault and detection of zolpidem in a suspected case, International Journal of Legal Medicine,
126:451-459
14) GERACE E., SALOMONE A., ABBADESSA G., RACCA S., VINCENTI M. (2012) Rapid determination of anti-estrogens by
gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in urine: Method validation and application to real samples. Journal of Pharmaceutical
Analysis, 2, 1–11.
15) GERACE E., CICCOTELLI V., RAPETTI P., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M. (2012), Distribution of Chloralose in a Fatal
Intoxication, Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 36(6): 452-456
16) DI CORCIA D., D’URSO F., GERACE E., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M. (2012) Simultaneous determination of multiclass
drugs of abuse (including THC) in hair by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry, Journal of
Chromatography B, 899:154– 159
17) SALOMONE A., GERACE E., D’URSO F., DI CORCIA D., VINCENTI M. (2012) Simultaneous analysis of several synthetic
cannabinoids, THC, CBD, CBN in hair by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Method
validation and application to real samples, Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 47:604–610

5. 18) VINCENTI M,, SALOMONE A., GERACE E., PIRRO V. (2013) Application of mass spectrometry to hair analysis for forensic
toxicological investigations, Mass Spectrometry Reviews,32, 312–332
19) VINCENTI M,, CAVANNA D., GERACE E., PIRRO V., PETRARULO M., DI CORCIA D., SALOMONE A. (2013) Fast
screening of 88 pharmaceutical drugs and metabolites in whole blood by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography - tandem
mass spectrometry, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 405, 2:863-879
20) DI CORCIA D., LISI S., PIRRO V., GERACE E., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M. (2013), Determination of pharmaceutical
and illicit drugs in oral fluid by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry, Journal of
Chromatography B, 927:133-141
21) PIRRO V., OLIVERI P., SCIUTTERI B., SALVO R., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M., (2013), Multivariate strategies for
screening evaluation of harmful drinking, Bioanalysis, 5(6):687-699
22) VINCENTI M,, SALOMONE A., GERACE E., PIRRO V. (2013), Role of LC-MS/MS in hair testing for the determination of
common drugs of abuse and other psychoactive drugs, Bioanalysis, 5(15): 1919-1938
23) PIRRO V., DI CORCIA D. SEGANTI F., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M., (2013), Determination of ethyl glucuronide levels
in hair for the assessment of alcohol abstinence, Forensic Science International, 232:229-236
24) VINCENTI M,, SALOMONE A., PIRRO V. (2013), How has screening of harmful drinking changed over the years?,
Bioanalysis, 5(24): 2981-2983
25) SALOMONE A., LUCIANO C., DI CORCIA D., GERACE E., VINCENTI M. (2014), Hair analysis as a tool to evaluate the
prevalence of synthetic cannabinoids in different populations of drug consumers, Drug Testing and Analysis, 6, 126–134
26) SALOMONE A., GERACE E., CANEPARO D., VINCENTI M. (2014), Strategie analitiche per la ricerca di nuove sostanze
psicoattive in campioni biologici, Italian Journal on Addiction. 4(1), 85-91
27) PIRRO V., FUSARI I., DI CORCIA D., GERACE E., DE VIVO E., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M. (2014), Hair analysis
for long-term monitoring of buprenorphine intake in opiates withdrawal, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 36, 796-807
28) GERACE E., PETRARULO M., BISON F., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M. (2014), Toxicological findings in a fatal
multidrug intoxication involving mephedrone, Forensic Science International, 243, 68–73

6. 29) SALOMONE A., GERACE E., LUCIANO C., DI CORCIA D., VINCENTI M. (2014), Quantification of 22 synthetic
cannabinoids and 10 metabolites in human hair, Toxicologie Analytique et Clinique 26 (2), 2014, S14
30) SALOMONE A., PIRRO V., LOMBARDO T., DI CORCIA D., PELLEGRINO S., VINCENTI M. (2015), Interpretation of
group-level factors from a large population dataset in the determination of ethyl glucuronide in hair, Drug Testing and
Analysis,7,407-413
31) SALOMONE A., GERACE E., DIANA P., ROMEO M., MALVASO V., DI CORCIA D., VINCENTI M. (2015), Cut-off
proposal for the detection of ketamine in hair, Forensic Science International, 248, 119-123
32) ALLADIO E., PIRRO V., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M., LEARDI R. (2015), Chemometric approach to open validation
protocols.1. Prediction of validation parameters in multi-residue ultra-high performance liquid chromatography - tandem mass
spectrometry methods, Analitica Chimica Acta, DOI 10.1016/j.aca.2015.04.016
33) LEPORATI M., SALVO R., PIRRO V., SALOMONE A. (2015), Driving under the influence of alcohol. A 5 year overview in
Piedmont, Italy, Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 34, 104-108
34) GERACE E., SALOMONE A., DI CORCIA D., MAZZUCCO P., VINCENTI M. (2015), Postmortem redistribution of
triazolam, alprazolam, delorazepam (chlordesmethyldiazepam) and zolpidem in a suicide case, Toxicologie Analytique et
Clinique, 27, 233-238
35) SALOMONE A. (2015), Detection of New Psychoactive Substances, in KINTZ P., VINCENTI M., SALOMONE A. Eds,
Hair Analysis in Clinical and Forensic Toxicology, Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, CA, USA, Chap. 11, pp. 301-332
36) SALOMONE A, GAZZILLI G., DI CORCIA D., GERACE E.,VINCENTI M. (2015), Determination of cathinones and other
stimulant, psychedelic and dissociative designer drugs in real hair samples, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 408(8),
2035-2042, DOI: 10.1007/s00216-015-9247-4
37) LEPORATI M., SALOMONE A., GOLE’ G., VINCENTI M., (2016) Determination of anticoagulant rodenticides and α-
chloralose in human hair and application to a real case, Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 40(4):277-285, DOI
10.1093/jat/bkw019.
38) PALAMAR J.J., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M., CLELAND C.M., (2016) Detection of “Bath Salts” and Other Novel
Psychoactive Substances in Hair Samples of Ecstasy/MDMA/“Molly” Users, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 161:200-205

7. 39) ALLADIO E., CARUSO R., GERACE E., AMANTE E., SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M. (2016) Application of multivariate
statistics to the Steroidal Module of the Athlete Biological Passport: a proof of concept study, Analitica Chimica Acta, 922:19-
29, 10.1016/j.aca.2016.03.051
40) SALOMONE A., TSANACLIS L., AGIUS R., KINTZ P., BAUMGARTNER M.R. (2016) European guidelines for workplace
drug and alcohol testing in hair, Drug Testing and Analysis, 8:996-1004, DOI 10.1002/dta.1999
41) SALOMONE A., BAUMGARTNER M.R., LOMBARDO T., ALLADIO E., DI CORCIA D., VINCENTI M. (2016) Effects of
various sample pretreatment procedures on ethyl glucuronide quantification in hair samples: comparison of positivity rates and
appraisal of cut-off values, Forensic Science International, 267:60-65, DOI 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.08.012
42) D’URSO F., SALOMONE A., SEGANTI F., VINCENTI M. (2017) Identification of exposure to toxic metals by means of
segmental hair analysis. A case report of alleged chromium intoxication, Forensic Toxicology, 35(1):195-200
43) GERACE E., BOVETTO E., DI CORCIA D., VINCENTI M., SALOMONE A. (2017) A case of non-fatal intoxication
associated with the recreational use of diphenidine, J. Forensic Sci, DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13355
44) ALLADIO E., MARTYNA A., SALOMONE A., PIRRO V., VINCENTI M., , ZADORA G. (2017) Evaluation of direct and
indirect ethanol biomarkers using a likelihood ratio approach to identify chronic alcohol abusers for forensic purposes, Forensic
Science International, 271:13-22, doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.12.019
45) SALOMONE A., VINCENTI M., GERACE E. (2017) Interpretation of NPS results in real hair samples, Toxicologie Analytique
et Clinique, 10.1016/j.toxac.2016.12.008
d) Forensic Toxicology experience
Dr. Alberto Salomone currently serves as the Laboratory Supervisor of the Forensic Toxicology Unit at Regional Anti-Doping and
Toxicology Center “A. Bertinaria” in Orbassano (TO), Italy The laboratory tests over 50000 samples (urine, blood, hair and oral fluid)
per year. Current duties as Laboratory Supervisor include:
• Oversight of all analytical procedures, based on GC-MS and UHPLC-MS/MS
• Training and proficiency testing on urine, blood, hair and oral fluid

8. • Oversight of all DUI, workplace testing, post-mortem, driving re-licensing and DFSA cases
• Tutoring for Master Thesis from the University of Turin
• Testifying in court
• Serving as referee for Drug Testing and Analysis, Journal of Chromatography A, Bioanalysis, Journal of Separation Science, Journal of
Pharmaceuticals and Biomedical Analysis, Forensic Science International, Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Rapid
Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Biomedical Chromatography, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Human
Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, Cancer Biomarkers
e) Honors and Awards
Scientific Publications 2009-2013 - 1st
Prize, Issued by GTFI
f) On-going funded projects
B.A.O.N.P.S. - Be aware on night pleasure safety, funded by the European Union - JUST/2014/JDRU/AG/DRUG
December 05th
, 2016