Dr. Luciana Gualdi is a Research Fellow in the field of Innovation at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, where she covers aspects associated to research and enterprise networking, and scouting of funding opportunities. She worked as Project Manager and Interim Regional Manager at EIT Health Innostars for Southern Europe, promoting innovation in healthcare via business, education, and research projects for innovators. She obtained a PhD in Medical Biotechnology at the University of Siena.

Dr. Serafina Consuelo Garcea is a Research Fellow in the field of Intellectual Property (IP) and Innovation at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, where she covers aspects related to IP and technology transfer. Previously Research Associate in the School of Materials at the Henry Moseley X-ray Imaging Facility, University of Manchester (UK). Her research focused on the time-lapse investigation of damage in composites for aerospace applications by using laboratory and synchrotron X-ray computed tomography. She obtained a PhD in Materials Science at the University of Southampton (UK).