1. Personal details and the date of the CV
CV ELISA QUARANTA
(ID: 0009-0000-9915-8016)
8th April 2026
2. Degrees
21st May 2020. MSC IN FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES. Università degli studi della Tuscia and
Università di Roma “La Sapienza”. Rome, Italy. segrstudenti.scienzemmffnn@uniroma1.it
Thesis: “Assessment of the environmental sustainability level of Italian agriculture: The Eco-
efficiency Indicator.” MAIN SUBJECTS: Agri- food Economy and European Food Law, analysis of
certified foods, microbiology and starter selection, plant pathology, plant genome editing,
integrated biodiversity, agroecology and landscape valorization, biochemistry.
18th November 2015. BSC IN DIETETICS. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Rome, Italy.
info.rm.dsu@educatt.it
Thesis: “Food supplements therapy and weight loss in the National Team of Judo, Karate, Fight
and Martial Arts (FIJLKAM).” MAIN SUBJECTS: Anatomy, Histology, Human physiology, Psychiatry
and psychology, Food Chemistry, Biochemistry. Clinical traineeship of 1600 h.
3. Other education and expertise
1. Summer School on Agriculture, Forest, and Environmental Geodata Statistical Analysis, Modelling and
Machine Learning [SAFEST]. Università degli Studi di Pisa (IT). PERIOD: 03/06/2024 – 07/06/2024
2. YOUNG SCIENTIST GROUP: World Food Forum (WFF in coordination with FAO). PERIOD: May 2022 until
May 2023. MAIN SUBJECTS: Providing scientific evidence and technical knowledge to the various initiatives
of the Forum and developing an annual WFF Young Scientists report on specific policy issues of particular
concern to youth, related to agrifood systems transformation.
3. UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ASSISTANT - INTERNSHIP TRAINEE: Department of Agriculture and Forestry,
University of Helsinki (FI). Research Unit: Future Sustainable Food Systems. PERIOD: From 07th June until
21st September 2021. Funding organization: Erasmus+. MAIN SUBJECTS: LCA, Cellular Agriculture,
Agroecological Symbiosis. MAIN ACTIVITIES: Literature review on LCA; Sustainability Compass;
contributing to drafting a draft book about Cellular Agriculture and consumer perception.
4. SPR: REVOLUTIONISING GENOME EDITING ADVANCED CERTIFICATE PROGRAM. CPD provider
organization and CRISPR BIOTECH ENGINEERING. PERIOD: 2021.
5. UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ASSISTANT - INTERNSHIP TRAINEE: Department of Food Science and
Technologies, Gent Universiteit (Belgium). Research Unit: Food Safety and Food Quality. PERIOD: From the
25th of May 2019 until the 15th of September 2019. Funding organization: Erasmus+. MAIN SUBJECTS:
familiarize with complex spreadsheets; European Food Policies; Environmental sustainability and evaluatethe (bio)diversity of human diets; Address biodiversity in the context of health and sustainable diets; work
in an autonomous way and an international and multicultural research team.
6. HACCP CONSULTANT AND TRAINER. Università degli Studi di Roma ''Tor Vergata'' (IT). PERIOD: From
January to February 2018. Practical and theoretical skills and knowledge were achieved to create, manage,
and control an HACCP plan, both for companies and restaurants.
4. Language skills
Native language: Italian.
Others: English B2/C1 (Placement test, University of Bologna, January 2026). French: DELF B2 (Certificate
date: June 2012)
5. Current employment
From November 2024, Ongoing. COTUTELLE PHD STUDENT IN AGRI-FOOD ECONOMY. Department of
Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences and Technologies, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of
Bologna (IT). Doctoral project on monetizing the social and environmental negative externalities of the
alternative proteins’ supply chain: the True Price methodology.
From November 2022, Ongoing. COTUTELLE PHD STUDENT IN INTERDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCES (DENVI) Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki (FI). Research Group:
Future Sustainable Food Systems. Doctoral project in "Measuring agri-food systems impacts towards
environmental sustainability, decision making, and social equity: a sustainability assessment as a national
monitoring tool.”
From June 2020, Ongoing. FOOD TECHNOLOGIST at the R&D Department of Quaranta srl, Sabaudia (Italy).
6. Career breaks
Since June 2020, I have undertaken professional responsibilities within my family business in response to
financial constraints. This period required a partial reallocation of time from academic publishing, while
maintaining an ongoing commitment to research.
7. Research funding and grants
1. PhD scholarship of € 16.243,00/year, Alma Mater University (Bologna, IT) from the 4th November 2024
until the 31st October 2027. I have personally applied.
2. Travel grant of 1000€ from Helsinki University to attend the conference “Sustainable Science Days”,
May 2023. I have personally applied.
3. Erasmus+ fundings of 900,00€ from 7th June 2021 until 21st September 2021. I have personally applied.
4. Erasmus+ funding of 900,00€ from 25th May 2019 until 15th of September 2019. I have personally applied.
8. Research Output
1. Quaranta,E. & Samoggia, A. (2025). Analysing the Integration of True Cost Accounting and True Price
Assessments into Managerial Strategies and Policy Recommendations for Shared Value Creation. Under
review. Submitted 30TH March 2026.
2. Eco-efficiency indicator of Agricultural lands (ISPRA), annually.
https://indicatoriambientali.isprambiente.it/it/agricoltura/ecoefficienza-agricoltura
3. FAO & WFF (2023). Opportunities and barriers for advancing agrifood systems – Empowering young
people for a sustainable future. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc6666en
4. Hawwash, D., Seck, M., Quaranta, E., Kolsteren, P., & Lachat, C. (2020). Assessment of author's
understanding of the STROBE-nut reporting guidelines. MEDRXIV.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.15.20211268.
9. Research supervision and leadership experience
I supervised one master’s degree student in the family business. I had leadership experiences during my
mandate with the Young Scientist Group, where two colleagues and I needed to take the lead of our group
activities. Especially, I have continued and supported the Youth Action Track research, bringing its outputs
to the Sustainable Science Days conference in Helsinki (May 2023).
10. Teaching merits
Ongoing. Teaching activities within the PhD program. Providing seminars on my PhD research project to
bachelor’s and master’s degree students. I organize the lesson material together with a lecture and a
PowerPoint presentation.
2022-2023, Sustainability transition consultant, Latina (IT). My role was to hold seminars for the selected
employees to support the company in the sustainable transition. The employee got the final certificate
after passing the final exam. The main topics were waste management, energy efficiency, and ecological
products and processes that can be implemented in the company. I acquired competencies in
disseminating scientific content to a public audience.
11. Other key academic merits
Expert evaluator in the Transformative Research Challenge 2022-2023 (TRC) of World Food Forum.
