Paolo Vineis
Scientific Director
Paolo Vineis
Chair of Environmental Epidemiology at Imperial College (London). Leads the Molecular Signatures and Disease Pathways Theme of the MRC Centre for Environment and Health at Imperial College. Visiting Professor at the Italian Institute of Technology (Genoa).
Stefano Boeri
Urban planning
Stefano Boeri
Full Professor at Politecnico di Milano, architect and urban planner. In Shanghai he is Director of the Future City Lab at Tongji University. Since 2020, he is President of the Scientific Committee of Forestami (reforestation project in Milan).
Paola Bonfante
Plant Biology & Plant Microbe Interactions
Paola Bonfante
Professor Emerita at the University of Torino is considered a pioneer in the field of plant/microbe interactions, and in particular of mycorrhizal symbioses. In 2021 she received the Adam Kondorosi-Academia Europea Award for Advanced Research.
Roberto Buizza
Physics of the Earth system
Roberto Buizza
Full Professor in Physics at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa. Expert in weather prediction, Earth-system modelling and climate science, he also serves as Scientific Attaché at the Italian Embassy in London
Anthony Fardet
Nutrition
Anthony Fardet
Researcher at INRAE in preventive, sustainable and holistic diets. He focuses on the impact of transformation on the health potential and the “matrix” effect of foods, in particular the characterization of ultra-processed foods and food scoring.
Rattan Lal
Soil science
Rattan Lal
Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science and Director of the CFAES Rattan Lal Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration at The Ohio State University (OSU). He is also Adjunct Professor of the University of Iceland and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), India.
John C. Little
System dynamics & Anthropocene
John C. Little
Charles E. Via, Jr. Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech. His research explores the most pressing and interlinked global challenges of our time: climate change, renewable energy, adaptive infrastructure, disasters, pandemics, and food insecurity.
Kris Murray
Planetary Change Science & Biodiversity
Kris Murray
Associate Professor (Lead, Environment and Health) and “MRC Investigator”, MRC Unit the Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara (Gambia). He is also Senior Lecturer of Ecological Health at the Imperial College (London).
Dino Pedreschi
Data Science
Dino Pedreschi
Professor of computer science at the University of Pisa, and a pioneering scientist in data science and artificial intelligence. He co-leads the Pisa KDD Lab – Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Laboratory.
Frederica Perera
Omics & Toxicology
Frederica Perera
Director at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health. Dr. Perera is internationally recognized for pioneering the field of molecular epidemiology, utilizing biomarkers to understand links between environmental exposures and disease.
Elizabeth Robinson
Economics
Elizabeth Robinson
Director of Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Her research addresses the design of policies and institutions to reduce climate change emissions, protect the environment, and improve the livelihoods of resource-dependent communities.
Luca Savarino
Bioethics
Luca Savarino
Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy and Bioethics, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont. He is also Member of The Italian Committee for Bioethics. Research fields: moral philosophy, medical ethics, public health, environmental ethics.
Maurizio Zollo
Business strategy & innovation
Maurizio Zollo
Professor of Strategy and Sustainability and Scientific Director of the Leonardo Centre on Business for Society at Imperial College Business School, he promotes sustainable transformation through organizational learning and innovation.