Members

For general information about the UNICA GREEN initiative, please write to Ms Laura Brossico (UNICA Secretariat): office@unica-network.eu

Delphine Douçot (Université de Lausanne):
delphine.douçot@unil.ch

Delphine Douçot is since April 2012 the sustainability deputy of University of Lausanne (UNIL). Holder of Environmental engineering diploma since 2008, she worked in environmental and sustainability consulting companies and in environmental NGO in India. In UNIL, she works for the Rectorate and is in charge of promoting sustainability in the field of teaching, research and in campus operation.

Rebecca Lefevere (Vrije Universiteit Brussel):
rebecca.lefevere@vub.ac.be

Rebecca Lefevere studied Earth Sciences and environmental management and started her career as a geologist in soil remediation. She turned her passion into a career when switching to the NGO sector and working on Education on Sustainable Development. Projects on ESD at the VUB brought her to her current position as sustainability coordinator of the VUB, with a job focus on environmental sustainability and sustainability policy.

Bojan Baletic (University of Zagreb):
bbaletic@arhitekt.hr

Stefano Cordiner (University of Rome "Tor Vergata"):
cordiner@uniroma2.it

Stefano graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy in 1989 and received a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering in 1993. In 2003 he has been appointed Associate Professor in Fluid Machinery and Energy Conversion at Engineering Faculty of the University of Rome Tor Vergata were he was Senior Researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering since the 1994 . In June 2010 he won a national competition for a Full Professor chair and is actually waiting for his enrolment in the new role. Dr Cordiner research activities are directed to understanding the characteristics of energy conversion systems and their interactions with the environment. Dr. Cordiner has authored or co-authored over 110 publications in this field. Dr. Cordiner is the Energy Manager for the University of Rome Tor Vergata and for the University Policlinic. In this role he is driving a number of energy efficiency processes aiming to reduce the energy consumption and the CO2 emissions of University buildings. For the University Campus he is developing an innovative Biomass fuelled Combined Heat and Power Plant delivering the heating and refrigerating requirements of the Campus.

Martina Cvitanović (University of Zagreb):
martinac@unizg.hr

Alexandra Demoustiez (Université libre de Bruxelles):
alexandra.demoustiez@ulb.ac.be

Alexandra works as Environment Coordinator at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She is the Director of Coordination environnementale, a department in charge of implementing and managing the environmental management of all ULB sites. She holds a Master degree in Economics & Management and a Master in Environment. After 18 years in the private sector, and convinced by environmental concerns, she did a U-turn in her career choosing to implement and manage the environmental policy of ULB, a challenging and fascinating work!
Alexandra believes in exchanges and partnerships between Universities in order to build a constructive network helping universities to face environmental & sustainability challenges. In that respect, UGAF platform could be a strong tool to strengthen environmental & sustainability commitment and to achieve results via the Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe – UNICA.

Carla Farelo (University of Lisbon):
carla.farelo@ul.pt

Carla has a degree in Environmental Engineering from Universidade Lusófona de Humanidade e Tecnologias, Portugal. She worked as a Project Manager in Portugal BCSD (Business Council for Sustainable Development), and now works as a Sustainability Officer at Universidade de Lisboa.
She believes that UGAF is an excellent platform for sharing best environmental practices which can create major opportunities for the sustainable development of society.
She joined UGAF because she believes that universities have a major role in training "sustainable" future leaders.

Mihkel Kangur (Tallinn University):
mihkel.kangur@tlu.ee

Mihkel is Director of the Institute of Ecology at Tallinn University and Head of Senate of Tallinn University. He holds a PhD degree in Ecology. His work involves mainly research on ecosystems dynamics but also participating in different strategic planing working groups related with sustainable development.
He believes UGAF initiative is a unique opportunity to learn and explore possibilities how to make universities campus greener, more sustainable and cut the costs of maintenance; it also builds a network for further studies of sustainability and sustainability training of students.
He joined UGAF to find similarly-minded colleagues to work out a tool on how to measure our green academic footprint, let's see what comes out of that :-)

Boris Koruznjak (University of Zagreb):
boris.koruznjak@arhitekt.hr

Mario Matos (Instituto Superior Técnico):
mario.matos@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Katinka Elisabeth Grønli (University of Oslo):
k.e.gronli@energi.uio.no

Andreas Wanke (Freie Universität Berlin):
andreas.wanke@fu-berlin.de

Andreas is Head of Energy and Environmental Unit at the Freie Universität Berlin. In 1990-2001 he worked as researcher at the Environmental Policy Research Centre (Forschungszentrum für Umweltpolitik) at the
Department of Political and Social Sciences of the Freie Universität Berlin, where he focused on consulting projects. Since 2001 he has been working as Coordinator for Energy and Environmental Management in the university administration. In his current capacity as head of the Energy and Environmental Unit, he ensures the university's commitment to energy efficiency and sustainability.

Lisa Wouters (Vrije Universiteit Brussel):
Lisa.Wouters@vub.be

Adriana Del Borghi (Università degli Studi di Genova): adriana.delborghi@unige.it

Born on September 11, 1973 in Genoa. Degree (110/110 with honours and published degree thesis) in Chemical Engineering at University of Genoa, Italy. PhD in “Technologies and Economics of Processes and Products for Environmental Protection”. Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering (DICCA), University of Genoa – Polytechnic School. Professor of “Theory of Chemical Process Development” master's degree courses in Chemical Engineering, University of Genoa. Director of the Interuniversity Centre for the development of Products Sustainability (CESISP); Chancellor’s Delegate of the University of Genoa for Environmental Sustainability; Head of delegation of the University of Genoa at the UNFCCC COP (Conference of Parties); Board member in large public companies since 2017; Member of the Technical Committee of the International EPD System.
Current research activity: LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and Ecodesign, EPD (Environmental Product Declaration), Emission Trading (EU-ETS) and Climate Change, CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) and VER (Verified Emission Reduction) projects, CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage), Circular Economy, Environmental Engineering. Scientific Manager of several funded research projects. Member of The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment Editorial Board. Author of more than 120 scientific articles published on national and international journals and congress proceedings.

Ullika Lundgren (University of Gothenburg):
ullika.lundgren@science.gu.se

Ullika Lundgren is Sustainability Controller at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
As a Sustainability Controller, she is working strategically and operationally with environmental management at the University of Gothenburg which is certified according to ISO 14001 and registered in EMAS since 2006.
She is responsible for the University’s national and international interaction on environmental management and takes part in collaboration projects in Europe and Latin America on environmental management and sustainability. She also teaches in
Environmental management and Environmental audit.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology at the University of Gothenburg,
Sweden and also studied Environmental Management and Audit at University West, Sweden.