Project Team

Adolfo Villafiorita

Head of Unit at Fondazione Bruno Kessler

I am a senior researcher at Fondazione Bruno Kessler where I lead the ICT4G group. My interests include surplus food recovery and food waste prevention, sustainability, ICT for social and economic development. You might want to have a look at BringTheFood, if you are interested in my recent activities.

Alessandro Gretter

Research and Innovation Center – Fondazione Edmund Mach

Since 2011 he works in the Direction of Research and Innovation Centre of FEM. He also collaborate with the Head of Centre and Grant Office in creation of international research networks and writing of projects (in particular related to Alpine area). Since July 2016 he is acting as a co-member of the Action Group n. 7 "Connectivity" of Alpine Macro-Region (EUSALP) in behalf of the Autonomous Province of Trento. In 2011 he was coordinator of the PhD Programme of FEM. His experience in the management of education and training activities, started in 2002 when he was involved in the coordination of the Master Course “Managers for Local Sustainable Development” organised by Italian Ministry for Environment and FORMEZ, continued until 2014 within the consortium GMPF and FIRS>T. Since 2017 is the Master-of-Contact of FEM in the EIT Climate-KIC activities and in particular he is the Lead of the project “System and sustainable Approach to virTuous interaction of Urban and Rural LaNdscapes (SATURN)”.

Gianluca Carenzo

Head of Innovation Ecosystems at Trentino Innovation Hub

After graduating in Economics at the University of Piemonte Orientale and a European Master’s Degree, he started in Biopolo Milano, then PTP-science park (of which he was director for five years) and became an expert in industrial innovation with a long experience in Technology Transfer in health, Biotechnology-Bioeconomy and Agri-food sectors. Gianluca Carenzo has been President of APSTI (Association of Italian science and technology parks), now member of its Board, member of the ASSOBIOTEC directive committee and a director of Flowmetric Europe S.p.A.

Lisa Rizzetto

Research and Innovation Center – Fondazione Edmund Mach

Degree and PhD in Industrial Biotechnology at the University of Parma, since 2013 in Fondazione Edmund Mach, where she worked first as a researcher then fundraising expert supporting the researcher in accessing competitive finance and in the development of strategic initiatives. She is the contact person for FIT4FOOD2030 of the Food Lab Trentino and partner of the EIT Climate KIC EAT Circular - Education and Tools to manage the flows of resources in the "Circular food chain coordinated by FBK. She also collaborates in the project, coordinated by FEM, Environment Food and Health (EFH) funded by EUREGIO, is a member of ILSI European expert group on "Oral and systemic health resilience" and author of 29 scientific publications (H index: 17): in them, the importance of high nutritional quality foods, their impact on human health, with particular attention to the interaction of the immune system and the intestinal microbiota.

Marta Klanjšek Gunde

National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Department of Materials Chemistry

Marta Klanjšek Gunde, PhD in physics and associated professor of graphic technology at University of Ljubljana, works as senior researcher at National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia, within the Department of Materials Chemistry. She is the author of more than 120 scientific articles in peer-reviewed and impacted scientific journals, 4 patents, 5 chapters in scientific books and many conference presentations. She was leading several scientific research projects, mentoring 9 PhDs, many master- and diploma works. Her expertise includes advanced materials for various applications in microelectronics, solar-thermal energy conversion, smart coatings, optical security, printed electronics, and thermochromics. Her current work is devoted to R&D of printed functionalities, preferentially for smart packaging, where several challenges of food supply chain are also addressed. She initiated and co-founded the start-up company MyCol, the spin-off of the Institute, working with chromogenic materials for graphic technology applications to identify temperature changes.

Michela Angeli

Research and Innovation Center – Fondazione Edmund Mach

From June 2018 she collaborates with the Communication Group of the Research and Innovation Center dealing with the organization and management of scientific and popular events, the updating of web content, the support for the execution of graphic and promotional products. She also deals with the dissemination of the EIT Climate KIC Projects.

Michele Bof

ICT4G – Fondazione Bruno Kessler

Michele Bof is a developer at Fondazione Bruno Kessler where he works on BringTheFood. He has collaborated in various projects related to circular economy, food waste and e-waste prevention, teaching to university and high-school students.

Milena Bigatto

Education Officer at Trentino Innovation Hub

A PhD holder in European Studies and Sociology, she builds her expertise upon more than 7 years of experience as Project Manager. Her previous working positions at research institutions made her familiar with topics concerning institutional framework and policy development. She is involved on activities related to development of local innovation ecosystem and is currently in charge of national/international projects focused on innovation and entrepreneurship education.

Nataša Jager Radin

National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Department of Materials Chemistry

Nataša Jager Radin is working as PR of the Institute, taking care on the important news, social media and related issues. She will manage the publicity of the EAT-circular results, and help to organize learning events. Financial and accounting support.

Riccarda Moser

Research and Innovation Center – Fondazione Edmund Mach

She holds the position of EU Grant Manager. She has a PhD in Economic and Management and 9 years experience as Project Manager of H2020, INTERREG, EIT- CLIMATE KIC, ARPAF, LIFE 2014-2020, GECT-Euregio and FP7 projects. She's responsible from budget planning in the pre-award phase to the whole management of the funded projects, including reporting, consortium agreement, GA amendment and auditing (with national and EU auditors).

Tomé Canas

Head of Open Innovation at BGI

Head of Open Innovation at BGI, coordinating the training/consulting areas and the EIT Digital program. He has a mechanical engineer degree (2000) and a master’s in engineering design (2007). From 2015 to 2019 he was corporate innovation coordinator at The Navigator Company, the main Portuguese pulp and paper company and from 2005 to 2015 he was the innovation and R&D system manager at Brisa Innovation and Technology.