Learn about LPRC Team
Adrienn Cseko
Adrienn is the Managing Director of LPRC and coordinator of MACARONIGHT - Researchers` Night of Macaronesia, H2020 Marie Curie project. Her main professional interest lies in geoscience communication including public outreach. She spends most of her free time outdoors walking & hiking. Contact her at director_at_lapalmacentre.eu
Ariadna Ortega Rodríguez
Ariadna Ortega Rodríguez is a Canarian translator with a background in European laws and political sciences. She is passionate about literature and current affairs, as well as arts. Ariadna has lived in several countries throughout Europe and likes to learn and live other cultures and ways of life. She dreams with visiting every continent one day. Contact her at ariadna.ortega_at_lapalmacentre.eu
Luís Lopes
Luis is a Portuguese geoscientist with an educational background in both Biology and Earth Sciences. His working interests lie mainly in Minerology, Petrology, Geochemistry and Geological Resources. Luis is an eager learner and thrives to know more about topics such as Science, History or Literature. Contact him at luislopes_at_lapalmacentre.eu
Gauthier Quinonez
Gauthier is an EU policy advisor from Belgium who studied History and European Public Affairs. His working interests lie in energy policy, evaluation policy, geothermal energy and raw materials. Outside work, Gauthier´s main passions are running, cooking and mountaineering. Contact him at gauthier.quinonez_at_lapalmacentre.eu
Márcio Tameirão
Márcio is a geologist from Brazil, whose main interests lie in energy, groundwater and tectonics; and nowadays he focuses on European projects, and project management. Márcio has lived in four countries among three different continents, and his main hobbies are good food, working out and watching movies. Contact him at marcio.tameirao_at_lapalmacentre.eu
Matyas Baan
Matyas has a diverse background in Environmental Science, second language acquisition, EdTech and human rights. He has taught at schools in five countries and regularly publishes on indigenous and children’s rights issues. He is also passionate about the preservation - and restoration - of our natural environment and facilitating educational innovation. He likes to start every day with yoga and a walk in nature.
Isabel Pino
Isabel is a geologist specialised in the field of Mineral Resources management and sustainable development. She has lived the last 12 years in Brussels where she worked in different organizations and agencies related to Earth Sciences, with main focus on the Raw Materials sector. She loves nature and walking around. She enjoys her free time with her family.
Contact her at: Isabel.pino(at)lapalmacentre.eu
Balazs Bodo
Balazs is the Senior Advisor and head of Technology Foresight unit at LPRC. He spends most of his free time in his garden surrounded by almond & pomegranate trees.
Contact him: research_at_lapalmacentre.eu
Support & Administration
Gabriella Foti
Gabriella is a Hungarian financial expert with strong experience in bussiness plannning, controlling and general accountancy with special knowledge on SME-s. Contact: gabriellafoti_at_lapalmacentre.eu
Javier Luque
Javier is a graphic designer, specializing in corporate design (logo), printed design, branding and packaging. He also holds a degree in Fine Arts. He enjoys being creative and aware of new trends and techniques, trying that the projects in which he collaborates always have the best visual impact