Founding partners

Giovanni Porto

CEO

20+ years entrepreneurial experience:

  • Senior Administrator Geologist and founder of Copernico srl, dealing with environmental remediation consultancy services for major Italian players (Generali, Mitteni, Gavio, Eco-Bat etc..)
  • Councilor at the Regional Order of Geologist of Lombardia and Environmental Technical Officer for the Province of Milan

Graduated in Geological Sciences at University of Milan, over 20 publications

Guido Chiaretti

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MANAGER

30+ years experience in R&D

  • Director of New Technologies for STMicroelectronics, its main research activities were in the field of Silicon Photonics technology applied to Optical interconnections and Communications
  • Head of Photonic Unit of Central R&D for Italtel

Graduated in Physics at University of Milan, over 50 publications and holds more than 20 patents

Girolamo D’Agostino

CHIEF CHEMIST

15+ years experience in chemistry

  • Independent Chemical Consultant in environmental restoration sites and R&D for various public and private companies
  • Research Fellow and Professional assignments for the University of Pavia and University of Naples


PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Pavia
Graduated in Chemistry at the University of Pavia, over 50 publications and holds various patents

Nunzio Cennamo

CHIEF ELECTRONIC ENGINEER

15+ years experience in electronic engineering for optical sensors

  • Professor at the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli – Department of Engineering

PhD in Electronic Engineering at the Second University of Naples
Graduated in Electronic Engineering at the Second University of Naples, over 140 publications and holds various patents

Carmelo Papa

ex CEO STMicroelectronics Italy

Graduated in Physics at University of Catania

Chiara Perri

SCIENTIST

PhD in Industrial and Information Engineering at University of Campania L. Vanvitelli

Francesco Arcadio

SCIENTIST

PhD in Industrial and Information Engineering at University of Campania L. Vanvitelli

Team

Alessandro Chiodi

SCIENTIST

Graduated in Physical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano

Rosalba Pitruzzella

SCIENTIST

PhD student in Industrial and Information Engineering at University of Campania L. Vanvitelli

Riccardo Rovida

SCIENTIST

PhD student in Industrial and Information Engineering at University of Campania L. Vanvitelli

Patrizia Favaron

IT manager

Graduated in Mathematics at Università Statale di Milano

Melissa Turone

Accountant

Graduating student in Economy at Università Bicocca di Milano