About Me: Serenella Sala is an environmental scientist, holding a PhD in Ecotoxicology and Applied Ecology. She is the Head of the Sustainable Supply Chains and Bioeconomy Unit of the Directorate D- Sustainable Resources at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. The Unit deals with the assessment at macro and micro scales of biotic and abiotic natural resources, the modelling of production and consumption systems and the transition towards bioeconomy and circular economy. Several models and studied developed by her team over time addressed specifically the EU food system, e.g. with modelling resources input and food waste flows, assessing environmental impacts, and providing input to the consumption footprint indicators, which are also listed as official indicators for EU food monitoring system. As a scientist, her research activities have been always focused on sustainability assessment of supply chains, adopting Life Cycle Assessment as reference methodology to support policies and decision-making. She published more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals and acts as Senior Editor for scientific journals like Green Chemistry and Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.