Fabiano Asunis is a fixed-term researcher at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (DICAAR), University of Cagliari, and a lecturer in Biological Reactors and Laboratory for the Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology programme at the UNO Consortium of Oristano. His research focuses on biological processes for the valorisation of agro-industrial residues within the circular bioeconomy. He holds a PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences and Technologies from the University of Cagliari, with the Doctor Europaeus distinction. He has more than 10 years of research experience, over 20 scientific publications, and has reviewed more than 50 manuscripts for international journals. He has worked as a visiting researcher at Tampere University, NOVA University Lisbon, and the University of Galway, spending more than 15 months abroad. Fabiano has over two years of teaching experience and has supervised or co-supervised more than eight theses in environmental engineering, chemical engineering, and biotechnology. He regularly presents his work at international conferences and seminars. He is also active in technology transfer and entrepreneurship. He received funding through the BESTMEDGRAPE project and was selected for TALENTUP 2021, which included three months of training in San Francisco and Boston and an executive entrepreneurship programme at Babson College.