Maria Cristina Pedicchio

From 1976 to 2003, Maria Cristina Pedicchio held faculty positions in various ranks in the faculties of sciences and architecture at the University of Trieste, where she became professor of algebra in the faculty of sciences in 2003. She later became president of OGS, and headed the Consorzio per il Centro di Biomedicina Molecolare in Trieste, as well as  AREA Science Park near Trieste. She was named president of the Maritime Technology Cluster of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region (MareFVG) in 2021, and the Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE) in 2024.