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.

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CEO2

Christos Arvanitidis

Executive Board

Chief Executive Officer

LifeWatch ERIC

cto

Juan Miguel González-Aranda

Executive Board

Chief Technology Officer

LifeWatch ERIC

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Lucas de Moncuit

Executive Board

Chief Financial Officer

LifeWatch ERIC

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Alberto Basset

Executive Board

Interim Director of Service Centre

Member of the General Assembly

peter

Peter H. Van Tienderen

Executive Board

Interim Director of VLab & Innovation Centre

LifeWatch ERIC

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José Manuel Avila Castuera

Staff

Agroecology Technical Expert

ICT-Core

Elizabeth Bamford

Elizabeth Bamford

Staff

Communication Officer

Service Centre

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Riccardo Bianchi

Staff

Developer for Cloud-based Virtual Research Environments

VLab & Innovation Centre

giovanna

Giovanna Caputi

Staff

National Nodes Operations Manager

Statutory Seat

fiore

Nicola Fiore

Staff

Service Centre ICT Coordinator

Service Centre

Cristina

Cristina Huertas-Olivares

Staff

International Initiatives and Projects Manager

Statutory Seat

Xeni

Xeni Kechagioglou

Staff

Ontology Developer

Service Centre

JK

Julian Kenny

Staff

Communication Officer

Service Centre

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Jacco Konijn

Staff

Project Manager

VLab & Innovation Centre

Spiros Koulouzis

Spiros Koulouzis

Staff

VRE developer

VLab & Innovation Centre

Hooi Sung LIM

Hooi Sung Lim

Staff

Quality Assurance & Risk Management Officer

Statutory Seat

javier

Javier LĂłpez-Torres

Staff

Procurement & Institutional Relationship Officer

ICT-Core

manca

Maria Teresa Manca

Staff

Training and Capacity Building Officer

Service Centre

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RocĂ­o Mantero Cejudo

Staff

Technical Assistant

ICT-Core

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Sara Montinaro

Staff

Chief Communication Officer

Service Centre

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Elisa MorĂłn-LĂłpez

Staff

Project Manager

ICT-Core

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Eleonora Romano

Staff

Administrative Officer

Service Centre

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Antonio José Sáenz Albanés

Staff

e-Infrastructure Operation Coordinator

ICT-Core

fran

Francisco Manuel Sánchez Cano

Staff

e-Infrastructure Resources Integration Coordinator

ICT-Core

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Yifang Shi

Staff

Scientific developer for ecological applications of LiDAR Remote Sensing

VLab & Innovation Centre

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Joris Timmermans

Staff

Scientific developer for Essential Biodiversity Variables workflows

VLab & Innovation Centre

LuciaVaira

Lucia Vaira

Staff

Web Portal Officer

Service Centre

CosimoVallo

Cosimo Vallo

Staff

Training Officer

Service Centre

Inmaculada Figueroa's Bio

Inmaculada is an electrical engineer with more than 17 years’ experience in the Space domain (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), being responsible for the Assembly and integration of scientific satellite payloads. 

Since 2009, she has been working in the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain and its predecessors in the field of Research Infrastructures and e-Infrastructures. Currently, she is the Deputy Vice Director General for Internationalization of Science & Innovation in the Spanish Ministry of Science & Innovation and ESFRI Vice Chair.