Team

Find out more about the team behind LifeWatch ERIC.

LifeWatch ERIC employs an international staff with wide-ranging expertise and multidisciplinary skills. Staff members, roles and contact details are displayed below.

Are you interested in joining the team? Click here to browse our job opportunities.

Statutory Seat

Christos Arvanitidis

Christos
Arvanitidis


Chief Executive Officer


Executive Board

Elena Delgado

Elena
Delgado Rivera


People & Culture Manager



María Pérez

María
Pérez Fernández


Project Administrative Coordinator



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Lucas
de Moncuit


Chief Financial Officer


Executive Board

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Cristina
Huertas-Olivares


International Initiatives & Projects Manager


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Javier
Saenz Reina


Finance Officer



Ana Bajandas

Ana
Bajandas


Project Manager for
EU-funded Projects



Hooi Sung LIM

Hooi Sung
Lim


Quality Assurance & Risk Management Officer


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Giovanna
Caputi Iambrenghi


National Nodes Operations
Manager



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Rocío
Mantero Cejudo


Quality and Project Engineer



ICT-Core

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José Manuel
Ávila-Castuera


Agroecology Coordinator



Joaquin Lopez

Joaquín
López Lerida


Data e-Science Management Plan & BlockChain Officer


Mariela-Pino

Mariela
Pino García


Data Analytics Project Manager



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Pablo
Santos Ortiz


Full Stack Developer



Adrian Guerrero

Adrián
Guerrero Bermúdez


Hybrid Cloud Datacentre Systems & Operations Manager


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Javier
López-Torres


Procurement & Institutional Relationship Officer


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Xavier
Rotllan-Puig


Data Management
Specialist



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Javier
Saura Rascon


Project Executive Assistant



Maite Irazábal Plá

Maite
Irazábal Plá


EU-LAC Fundraising, Networking & Projects Manager


Ana Mellado

Ana
Mellado García


Project Executive Coordinator



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Antonio José
Sáenz Albanés


e-Infrastructure Operations
Coordinator



Iria Soto

Iria
Soto Embodas


Agroecology Project Manager



Emilio Jara

Emilio Luis
Jara Fontacaba


Distributed e-Infrastructure Control & Network Systems Manager

Julio_Paneque

Julio
Paneque


Intelligent Systems, Robotics, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles & HAPS Expert

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Francisco Manuel
Sánchez Cano


e-Infrastructure Resource Integration Coordinator


Service Centre

Alberto Basset

Alberto
Basset


Interim Director of Service Centre


Executive Board

Sara

Sara
Montinaro


Chief Communication Officer



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Eleonora
Romano


Administrative Officer



Laura Caciagli

Laura
Caciagli


Science Communication Specialist



Eleonora Parisi

Eleonora
Parisi


EU Project Training Officer



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Lucia
Vaira


Data and Service Architect



Cristina Mancarella

Cristina
Mancarella


Digital Communication Officer



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Parham
Ramezani


Knowledge Engineer - ICT Ontology Developer


CosimoVallo

Cosimo
Vallo


Training Officer



Vanessa Marrocco

Vanessa
Marrocco


EU Project Scientific Community Networking Officer


Madeira Scauri

Madeira
Scauri


EU Project Communication Officer



Irene Matteo

Irene
Matteo


Administrative Assistant


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Ant
Türkmen


Scientific Community Networking Officer


Virtual Laboratory & Innovations Centre

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Peter H.
van Tienderen


Interim Director of VLIC


Executive Board

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Koen
Greuel


Developer for Cloud-based Virtual Research Environments


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Jacco
Konijn


Project Manager



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Gabriel
Pelouze


Virtual Research Environment Developer


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Zhiming
Zhao


VLIC Technical Manager



Spiros Koulouzis

Spiros
Koulouzis


Virtual Research Environment Developer


Bulgaria

The Bulgarian National Distributed Centre is represented by the  Agricultural University-Plovdiv.

To know more about how Bulgaria contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Spain

The Spanish National Distributed Centre is supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Guadalquivir River Basin Authority (Ministry for Ecological Transition-MITECO). Moreover, Spain is the hosting Member State of LifeWatch ERIC, the location of its Statutory Seat & ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office (LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities). 

To know more about how Spain contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Slovenia

The Slovenian National Distributed Centre is led by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU). It focuses on the development of technological solutions in the field of biodiversity and socio-ecosystem research.

To know more about how Slovenia contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Portugal

The Portuguese National Distributed Centre is managed by PORBIOTA, the Portuguese e-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity. Led by BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, PORBIOTA connects the principal Portuguese research institutions working in biodiversity.

To know more about how Portugal contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Netherlands

The Dutch National Distributed Centre is hosted by the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. Moreover, The Netherlands hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre.

To know more about how The Netherlands contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Italy

The Italian National Distributed Centre is led and managed by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and is coordinated by a Joint Research Unit, currently comprising 35 members. Moreover, Italy hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Service Centre.

To know more about how Italy contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Greece

The Greek National Distributed Centre is funded by the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology and is coordinated by the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in conjunction with 47 associated partner institutions.

To know more about how Greece contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Belgium

The Belgian National Distributed Centre makes varied and complementary in-kind contributions to LifeWatch ERIC. These are implemented in the form of long-lasting projects by various research centres and universities distributed throughout the country and supported by each respective political authority.

To know more about how Belgium contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.