Our Team

Idea-Re interprets innovation according to a paradigm that combines the needs of companies with the scientific approach of the research and the creativity of researchers.

 

About us

The company Idea-Re is an innovative startup with a high-intensity knowledge application created with the specific intent of providing integrated services to companies in the field of Research and Development and, in a broader sense, of providing strategic consulting services linked to innovation, based on an original multidisciplinary approach to R&D activities.

Idea-Re is a new company, but rich in experience: all its founding members come from the academic world and boast specific skills in applied research, in carrying out experimental campaigns and in the education field.

Mission

Idea-Re provides consulting in the field of R&D and takes an active role in the corporate strategy. Idea-Re meets all needs of companies that undertake innovation paths, achieving the best synergy between specialized skills, financial planning and facilitating disciplines, protection of research products.

Vision

Idea-Re is the link between the world of production and that of knowledge. Idea-Re interprets innovation according to a paradigm that combines the needs of companies with the scientific approach of the research and the creativity of researchers.

Idea-Re is the research Hub.

 The Idea-Re team

Marcello Marconi

BOD President and CEO
Founding partner

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Marcello graduated in Mechanical Engineering at University of Perugia, where he also obtained his PhD in Industrial Engineering.

He has over 15 years of experience in applied research projects and is  Professore Straordinario in Industrial Mechanical Plants at Guglielmo Marconi University of Rome (SSD ING-IND/17).

 

He is in the Italian Ministry of Economic Development registers of Qualified Managers for Technological Innovation and of Technological Innovation Experts.

His main research activities comprise:  energy systems, refuse and wastewater management, water technology, Industry 4.0.

Alberto Garinei

BOD member and CSO
Founding partner

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Alberto graduated in Mechanical Engineering at University of Perugia, where he was Researcher in Applied Mechanics until 2010.

He has over 15 years of experience in applied research projects and is  Full Professor in Mechanical and Thermal Measurements at Guglielmo Marconi University of Rome (SSD ING-IND/12).

 

He is in the Italian Ministry of Economic Development registers of Qualified Managers for Technological Innovation and of Technological Innovation Experts.

His main research activities comprise:  measurements techniques, sensors and devices for mechanical and thermal measurements, wind energy, materials characterization, research metrics and metrology.

Emanuele Piccioni

Grant Officer 
Founding partner

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Emanuele graduated in Physics at University of Perugia, where he also obtained his PhD in Industrial Engineering.

He has over 8 years of experience in applied research projects and is currently Research Fellow in Mechanical and Thermal Measurements at University of Perugia (SSD ING-IND/12).

 

He is in the Italian Ministry of Economic Development register of Qualified Managers for Technological Innovation.

His main research activities comprise: renewable energy – in particular wind energy -, new building materials, Smart Factory. 

Marta Pigliautile

Project Manager 

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Marta graduated in Building Engineering and Architecture at University of Perugia. She received a grant on Smart City topics from Guglielmo Marconi University of Rome.

She has over 5 years of experience in plants, renewable energy, city planning and enviromental monitoring.
She gained considerable expertise in design, coordination, manangement and reporting of R&D projects.

 

Her main tasks comprise:  design, management, coordination and reporting of R&D projects in various fields.

Erica Scalabrino

Soft finance Responsible

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Erica graduated in Economics at University of Castellanza (VA), Italy.


She has over 15 years of expertise in consulting services for enterprises in the fields of financed training, with the design, management and reporting of training activities, and of funding for companies through local, national and European calls for tender.


She has been workin on CSR projects and reporting since 2007. She curated more than 10 editions of the Sustainability Report according to the GRI Standars, taking care of the collection of data (financial-economical, structural, environmental, social) for the fiscal year, stakeholder engagement, materiality analysis, definition of improvement goals, reporting, collaboration in graphic design.

Massimiliano Proietti

Researcher and Data Scientist 

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Massimiliano graduated in Physics at University of Perugia.  

He was founding partner of Convective Knowledge, a company focused on applied research and scientific consulting to create and develop innovative ideas, where he worked on energy harvesting, analysis of complex systems, development of sustainable technlogies, decision support systems,  dissemination activities about technological transfer of scientific research to companies 

He owns three invention patents and carries out  scientific dissemination activities. 

His work at Idea-Re focuses on  Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, modeling and optimization of complex systems, decision support systems  and Quantum Computing.

 

Andrea Marini

Researcher and Data Scientist

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Andrea graduated in Physics at University of Perugia, where he also obtained his PhD in high energy Theoretical Physics.

He spent several years carrying out research activities in this field as a research fellow for Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics.
He was also assigned  teaching duties for the Physics Master at University of Perugia.

He is part of Idea-Re’s Data Science team, working on Machine Learning, modeling and optimization of complex systems and Quantum Computing.

 

Loris Francesco Termite

Researcher and Data Scientist

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Loris graduated in Civil Engineering – specializing in Hydraulics – at University of Perugia, where he also obtained his PhD in Sustainable Rural Development, Landscape and Environment.

During his PhD he started studying Machine Learning, putting together the field of Artificial Intelligence and his previous training through applications to hydrological problems.

His main tasks at Idea-Re involve the exploitation of Machine Learning and Data Science to tackle environmental, hydraulic and hydrological problems. He also works in the context of the Idea-Re/K-Digitale collaboration, focusing on Digital Transformation and Business Intelligence projects.

Federico Bianchi

Researcher and Data Scientist

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Federico graduated in Physics at University Perugia, where he also obtained his PhD in Biophysics.

During his training he took part in international research projects, exploiting facilities such as Elettra-Sincrotrone in Trieste and ESRF-ILL in Grenoble. Experimental by vocation, he always combined this aspect with his ability in data analysis.

His work at Idea-Re focuses on innovative topics such as smart additive manufacturing, Computer Vision applied to various problems, Machine Learning.

Alessandro Vispa

Researcher and Data Scientist

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Alessandro graduated in Physics at Università of Perugia. His the integrated his education with a PhD in Computational and Applied Condensed Matter Physics at Universitat Politècnica de la Catalunya (UPC),  Barcellona, ​​Spain.

His research was mainly dedicated to the characterization of disordered state of matter and he took part in several experiments in international facilities: FRMII (Munich, Germania), ISIS (Oxford, UK) and ESRF-ILL (Grenoble, France). Parte of his work was dedicated to the development of bayesian inference-based analyses. 

His current research topics at Idea-Re comprise Data Science, AI, Machine Learning and applications of physical and mathematical models.

Stefano Speziali

Researcher and Data Scientist 

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Stefano graduated in Physics at University of Perugia, completing his training with a PhD in high energy theoretical physics at Swansea University, UK.

During his PhD, Stefano had the chance to interact and work with many physicist from all over the world, taking part in international conferences in high energy Physics and regularly visiting universities in Europe.

He is fascinated by mathematical models and his current interests comprise Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence. He is currently part of the Idea-Re research team, focusing on Data Science, Machine Learning and the application of mathematical and statistical models to real world-problems.

Lorenzo Sani

Researcher and Data Scientist 

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Lorenzo graduated in Physics at University of Perugia, where he also took his PhD in Condensed Matter Physics and conducted post-doc research for several years. 

His university education required several years as instrument scientist at ILL High-Flux Nuclear Reactor (Grenoble, France), where his research was focused on the study of liquid metals. He then carried-out technological tranfer activities, working for several years at the development of biomedical instrumentation. He is founding partner of the academic spin-off UBT Srl and of the startup Convective Knowledge. 

At Idea-Re, Lorenzo develops projects on several scopes and conducts research Data Science, AI, process modeling and optimization.

Giacomo Zeni

Researcher 

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Giacomo graduated in Molecular Biotechnology at Trento University. He then took a postgraduate Master Degree in Food Biotechnology at Wageningen University, where he worked with Professor Marcel Dicke.


He has over 2 years of experience in European projects in the “End of Waste” field. He is co-founder of the innovative startup  BugsLife S.r.l., which develops technologies for large scale insect livestock aimed at tranforming organic by-products into sustainable proteins and fertilizers. 

His main research topics comprise: Black Soldier Fly physiology, optimization of bioconversion at large scale, microbiological fermentation, industrial biotechnology.