Ahmed Tarek Ismail Mohamed is a PhD student at Politecnico di Torino, specializing in waste management with a focus on electronic waste. His research explores both the technical aspects and handling frameworks of e-waste management, contributing to sustainable solutions. With a background in IT, he integrates computational sustainability into his work, enhancing decision-making in e-waste handling. Ahmed is also the recipient of the prestigious Eni Award 2020, recognizing his innovative approach to environmental challenges.

Giuliana Schimperna graduated in Chemistry in 1986, with a thesis on chemical synthesis. She started working at the Renewable, New Energies, and Material Science Research Center (Eni) in Novara in 1987. During this period, she has been working in the field of organic synthesis applied to various fields ranging from pharmaceutical, co-monomers for dyes, materials for organic photovoltaic, and luminescent dyes for LSC. Nowadays, she is involved in projects concerning recycling processes of LIBs and WEEE. She is the co-author of more than 60 patents.

Gianluca Cantoni is a researcher and chemical analyst at Eni, working at the Renewable, New Energies, and Material Science Research Center (Eni) in Novara (Italy), which focuses on renewable energy and nuclear fusion research. His primary focus is on the quantitative analysis of metals using various analytical techniques such as ICP-OES, ICP-MS, and XRF for a range of samples including soils, rocks, biochar, PCBs, panels, and in the field of battery recycling and recovery. He also deals with chemical-physical analyses and titrations, particularly in the context of bio-oils.

Francesca Demichelis is a researcher and assistant professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the Polytechnic of Turin. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the same institution in 2021, focusing on valorizing organic waste to produce high-value products and bioenergy. Before that, she obtained her master’s degree in environmental engineering in 2016 at the Polytechnic of Turin. Her research explores biochemical and thermochemical processes for converting organic waste into valuable products and bioenergy. She employs a techno-economic and environmental assessment approach to evaluate the feasibility of these processes. This includes analyzing technical viability, economic profitability through Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis, and environmental sustainability using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Francesca’s research aligns with the principles of the Circular Economy and Sustainable Development.

Debora Fino is a Full Professor of "Chemical Plants" and "Reuse and Energy Valorization Processes" at the Polytechnic of Turin, in the Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT). She is involved in several regional and European projects focused on second-generation biorefinery processes and technologies for mitigating carbon dioxide emissions. In particular, Debora explores the potential of CO₂ as a secondary raw material for high-value-added production. Debora Fino combines her expertise in engineering and biotechnology, aligning her work with the principles of Sustainable Development and the Circular Economy. She is actively engaged in several organizations and manages the Green Team Wee-Open (student teams) at the Polytechnic of Turin. Since 2020, she has also been the president of the Re Soil Foundation, dedicated to soil protection and regeneration.

Sara Perucchini is a laboratory technician and has been working since 1999 at the research institute Renewable, New Energies and Material Science Research Center (Eni), Novara, Italy. Actually, their main occupation is the determination of metals using ICP-OES, ICP-MS, and XRF techniques for metals in various fields such as vegetable oils, cakes, biochar, WEEE, PCBs, soils and rocks, and water and aqueous solutions. She also deals with chemical-physical analysis and titration, particularly in the field of bio-oils. Until 2006, she dealt with the synthesis of products derived from DMC and the characterization of synthesis products via HPLC, GC, titrations, and preparation of catalyst (zeolite or allumina-based).

Francesca Rubertelli received a PhD in Chemistry in 2008, with a thesis on photocatalysis for wastewater treatment. In Eni (Renewable, New Energies, and Material Science Research Center – Novara), she has been involved in many research projects since 2008, in the field of renewable energies and environmental applications, with a focus on material preparation and characterization. The main explored topics concerned the study of photoelectrochemical/photocatalytic processes for water splitting, the application of superhydrophobic coatings for oil/water separation and devices realization/scale-up in remediation sector, and the testing of vanadium and new electrochemical species in redox flow batteries. Currently, she is working on projects concerning the recycling processes of LIBs and WEEE.

Francesco Laviano, PhD in Physics from 2005, is Associate Professor of Experimental Physics at the Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His primary research area is the experimental study of strongly correlated electron systems, such as ferromagnets and superconductors. Recently, his research interests have been focused on derisking the application of superconductors for magnets in nuclear fusion reactors. Since 2015, he has been coordinating research projects for low-environmental-impact recovery of critical raw materials from WEEE. Along with Arcobaleno Cooperativa Sociale, he patented a novel method for extracting ferromagnetic materials from WEEE with nearly-zero environmental impact. He is the author and co-author of more than 140 publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, with more than 1400 citations (data from Scopus).