Valentina Volpi is a marine geologist and geophysicist with experience in interpreting geophysical data (medium and high-resolution seismic) and petrophysical characterization, primarily applied to seismic stratigraphy and structural geology of continental margins, particularly in the northern Ionian region. She received her Degree in Geology from the University of Trieste (Italy) in 1995 and studied at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge (U.K.) from 1995 to 1996. She served as a research assistant at the Exploration Geophysic Group of the University of Trieste (Italy) from 1996 to 1999 and served as a researcher at the Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) of Trieste from 1999 to 2009. She has been working for over ten years in the field of CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage), specializing in the geological characterization of storage sites. She represents the OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale) at the operation center of the ECCSEL ERIC research infrastructure, European Research Infrastructure for CO2 Capture, Utilization, Transport, and Storage (CCUS). She is the OGS contact person for the EERA CCS Joint Program, a European network that brings together research institutions with expertise in CCS.