Paola Sangiorgio graduated in Chemistry at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” with an analytical environmental thesis. In 1999, she obtained a PhD in “Chemical Sciences”. Since 2000, she has been working as a Researcher at ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development. Her work experience includes: • Design, development and implementation of treatment processes (extraction, concentration, drying, packaging, etc.) on agro-industrial residues, with the aim of recovering bioactive molecules; • Consultancy to support agro-industrial enterprises to improve their processes/products and valorize their by-products in the Circular Bioeconomy perspective; • Sensory assessor and Panel Leader; • Production of Reference Materials for the agro-food sector; • Development and validation of analytical methods; • As Environmental Auditor, implementation of Environmental Management System in the agro-food sector; • Monitoring the safety and environmental aspects of chemical laboratories and pilot plants; • Assessment of chemical risk.