Research Infrastructure Management Governance, Strategy Development, and Operations

Enrico Guarini is an Associate Professor of Business Administration and Management at the Department of Business and Law, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. He is also the Programme Co-ordinator of the Executive Master in Management of Research Infrastructures. His research interests include budgeting and financial management, public management as well as governance.

Markus Pasterk worked for the Austrian Science Ministry until 2006 and again since 2020, was Scientific Coordinator at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO; 2006-2009), then COO/VP at the International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon (2009-2014), BBMRI-ERIC Administrative Director (2014–2018), and CEO Austrian Drug Screening Institute, Innsbruck (2018–2020). He is a Senior Management Consultant with X-Officio and Visiting Professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.

Marialuisa Lavitrano is Full Professor of Pathology at the Department of Medicine and Surgery, and Programme Director of the Executive Master in Management of Research Infrastructures, at University of Milano-Bicocca, where she was Vice-Rector for International Research and Teaching Programmes (2006-2013). Since 2013 she has been director of the BBMRI.it Node (Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure - Italy). In December 2020 she was elected - confirmed in 2024 - in the board of eight directors of the EOSC Association and serves as vice-president. Prof. Lavitrano has a long-term experience in research, management and has been appointed as an expert in the ERA Action “Empowering Research and Innovation: A New Era in Research Management”.