I am a PhD-trained biochemist with more than 20 years of experience in private and public research organisations, most recently at Instruct-ERIC as Hub Coordinator.

Previously, I served for 10 years as the first EMBL Director International Relations and member of the directorate, advising the Director General to manage relations with member states, EU bodies and to oversee communications across all EMBL sites. Under my guidance, the EMBL membership was enlarged by nine countries as well as the first new EMBL site in twenty years established in Barcelona, Spain. Before joining EMBL, I ran successfully a start-up pharmaceuticals company, Anadys Pharmaceuticals Europe GmbH for three years.

My involvement in the establishment and operation of several ESFRI RIs, including INSTRUCT, ELIXIR and Europe-Bioimaging, led to my engagement by EC DG Research & Innovation as external expert in 2020-2021 to assess the ERIC Regulation in the role of rapporteur as member of EGERIC, chaired by Carlo Rizzuto.

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