Franco Pala

Franco Pala is a highly experienced Laboratory Director and Senior Environmental Chemist at Battelle, a role held since July 2020, following previous positions as Principal Research Scientist and Consultant in analytical chemistry within the same organization from 2008 to 2019. Franco also serves as Adjunct Faculty at Bridgewater State University since 2014 and held the position of Research Assistant at UMass Boston from 2000 to 2008. Academically, Franco Pala earned a Ph.D. from UMass Boston, a Laurea in Chemistry from Università degli Studi di Cagliari, and a Diploma in Industrial Chemistry from Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale A. Gramsci Tonara.