Matina Karakitsiou is a Materials Engineer with a Msc in Organic Chemistry. In UIB in Norway, she pursued her PhD degree in Fluid Dynamics and heat transport field. Her scientific interests are focused on Nanotechnology, 3D printing, Solar cells, Clay minerals, catalysis, Animal feed, Vacuum technology and analytical techniques knowledge. Matina has participated in international and national conferences with oral presentations and posters. Additionally, she has published 4 articles in international journals. Matina has an extensive experience in industrial and European project management. She currently works at CETRI as an innovation manager. Within RES4LIVE project she leads the dissemination, exploitation and communication part of the project. Moreover, she is responsible for the clustering activities of RES4LIVE with other projects.