Costanza Galbardi has a degree in translation and several years of work experience as a documentalist and R&D assistant in research centres and biotech industries.
In 2010 she joined the Patlib Team at Area Science Park as an IP information professional with expertise in patent information and IP-related issues.
Since 2019 she has been listed as an expert analyst in the European Patent Office (EPO) catalogue and as a Qualified Patent Information Professional (QPIP), as certified by ISBQPIP for documented activities and skills. She is active in junior staff training and tutorship, capacity building and awareness raising for SMEs and students/researchers in Area Science Park’s initiatives on the regional territory and national and EU-funded projects, where she has also contributed to foresight methodologies and studies.
She promotes and organizes Area Science Park’s annual Premio Nobile which collects and awards prizes to master and doctoral theses concerning the analysis and use of patent information and data. In May 2023 she has been elected member in the Patlib Advisory Committee c/o EPO.