Elza is a researcher with expertise in all the aspects connected with circular economy, with an interdisciplinary skill set. Indeed, she has an extensive knowledge about materials and eco-materials, because she focalized her research on sustainability innovation (e.g., alternatives to waste landfilling), strategic environmental management, and sustainable raw materials recovery. Moreover, she also contributed to develop new strategies to promote the circular economy diffusion, by proposing preliminary simplified approaches to LCA, devoted to evaluate emerging technologies, mainly dedicated to SMEs and materials science researchers. She was in 2021 a finalist of ENERGY GLOBE AWARD, the the most significant sustainability award worldwide.