Marco Masia is Innovation consultant for SMEs, not-for-profit organizations, and start-ups. He works at the interface between Policy, Research, and Entrepreneurship. He holds a MSc in Chemistry, PhD in Physics and Master's of Business Administration. After working for 10 years as Professor of Chemistry, he left Academia. In 2016 he has been working with the Science Policy unit at EMBO. Between 2016 and 2018 he has been member of the Marie Sklodovska Curie Actions Advisory Group at DG-EAC.