Our Team

Andrea Paulillo is Co-Founder & Sustainability Consultant at eLoop. A chemical engineer, he earned first-class honours in both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Naples "Federico II", before obtaining a PhD in Chemical Engineering from University College London (UCL) in 2018. His doctoral research was dedicated to advancing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the nuclear industry, in collaboration with the National Nuclear Laboratory and Sellafield Ltd.

At UCL he was a Senior Research Fellow and, in 2024, was appointed Lecturer in Sustainable Chemical Engineering. He has developed distinctive expertise in the methodological advancement of Life Cycle Assessment and its integration with the Planetary Boundaries framework and Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment (AESA), a field in which he is among the leading experts: he co-authored the European methodological guidance (JRC–European Commission) and coordinates the international consensus process to define its application standards. He is also a member of the Environmental Footprint Technical Advisory Board of the European Commission, the body overseeing the PEF and OEF methods (Product and Organisation Environmental Footprint), the European Union's reference standards for measuring the environmental performance of products and organisations. He leads Sustainability Assessment activities across numerous European research projects and is the author of more than 50 scientific publications in international journals, widely cited by the scientific community. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Sustainable Production and Consumption (Elsevier) and, in 2023, was awarded the prestigious five-year Research Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) for the AMBITION project, dedicated to absolute environmental sustainability within the Planetary Boundaries.

Since 2018, the year he co-founded eLoop, he has led the company's strategic vision and international development, bringing to his consultancy work the same scientific rigour that defines his research.

Roberto Chirone is Co-Founder & Sustainability Consultant at eLoop. A chemical engineer, he specialises in assessing the sustainability of processes, products, and innovative technologies through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies, environmental modelling, and decision-support tools. He earned a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II with top marks and honours and, in 2018, a PhD in Chemical Engineering from University College London (UCL). Alongside his consultancy work, he serves as a Senior Researcher at the University of Naples Federico II and collaborates with the National Research Council (CNR) and with the DICMAPI Department of the same university, contributing to the development and assessment of innovative processes and circular economy projects through the application of Life Cycle methodologies. Over the course of his career, he has coordinated and carried out more than thirty Life Cycle Assessment studies across numerous industrial sectors, including energy, chemicals, waste management and treatment, consumer goods, textiles, and logistics. His experience also encompasses the development of multi-criteria decision-support tools and digital models applied to the Energy Transition, the Circular Economy, Industrial Ecology, and Industry 4.0.

He has further served as an independent reviewer on critical review panels for comparative LCA studies intended for public disclosure, helping to ensure their methodological quality, the robustness of the data, and compliance with the relevant international standards. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications and contributions to international volumes. The results of his research have been published in leading journals, including ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering and the Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

At eLoop, he leads consultancy projects, defines the methodological approach of the work, and coordinates multidisciplinary teams, contributing to the development of the company's vision and growth.

Lucio Pessolano Filos is Co-Founder & Business Development Consultant at eLoop. For years, he has guided businesses and organisations in turning economic, financial, and regulatory complexity into opportunities for growth, weaving together finance, strategy, and sustainability. A graduate with honours in Business Administration from the University of Naples "Federico II", he went on to complete a Second-Level Master's in Management and Governance of Cohesion Policies and Territorial Disparities (2023). He is a Chartered Accountant and Statutory Auditor. Over the course of his career, he has built solid experience in corporate finance, management control, financial planning and corporate governance. He has developed distinctive expertise in embedding sustainability into decision-making processes and business models, supporting numerous organisations in defining ESG strategies, conducting double materiality analysis, developing KPI systems, and integrating the results of LCA analyses into economic and financial assessments. He has held positions on Boards of Directors and Boards of Statutory Auditors, acting as an Advisor on M&A transactions, fundraising, and corporate restructurings for a range of companies.

Since 2018, at eLoop he has coordinated financial planning and performance control, assessing the sustainability and profitability of projects and fostering dialogue between the scientific team and the needs of businesses, investors, and stakeholders driving the company's growth and shaping its financial strategy and governance.

Claudia Scardigno is a Strategic Communication Senior Consultant at eLoop, where she leads the company's communications and supports businesses and organisations in initiatives that integrate strategy, sustainability and communication. She graduated with honours in Communication Sciences from the University of Teramo and in Social, Institutional and Political Communication Sciences from the University of Bari, before earning a Master's in Marketing & Communication from the Business School – Il Sole 24 Ore.

Throughout her career she has gained experience across every area of communication: from corporate communication to external relations, from media relations to social media, and from event management to crisis management. She has worked in national and international settings for organisations such as EssilorLuxottica, WPP Group, Swatch Group, Barilla and 3M, leading international communication projects.

Her approach is grounded in the ability to translate business objectives into concrete communication solutions, helping brands, businesses and institutions to tell their story and define their positioning. At eLoop she is responsible for media relations, event management and the strategic communication of environmental performance.

Luigi D'Elia has been an LCC, LCA and Social LCA Analyst at eLoop since 2021. His path began in the biological sciences and progressively specialised in industrial biotechnology, leading to a PhD in Biotechnology obtained in 2021 from the University of Naples Federico II, focused on the development of microalgal biorefinery processes for heat-stable antioxidants for the food industry.

At eLoop, Luigi analyses environmental, social and economic impacts across the life cycle of systems, products and processes, with a focus on LCA, Social LCA and Life Cycle Thinking applied to innovative technologies: from goal definition to data collection, from modelling to the identification of environmental and social hotspots. His work also covers industrial biotechnology, algal biomass, waste management, carbon capture and CO₂ mineralisation, plastics and bioplastics. Among the projects he is most proud of is REMADYL, for which he contributed to the LCA of innovative techniques for PVC recovery and rejuvenation, presented at ECCE/ECAB in Berlin and ISIE in Leiden in 2023. He also led the LCA and Social LCA activities of the A4IBD project on algae-based value chains for the food and pharmaceutical sectors, and worked on BRINE-CARB, dedicated to brine treatment and CO₂ capture. Alongside his consultancy work, he teaches in university courses in industrial biotechnology and biology and in the BIOCIRCE Master's Programme.

He is the author of peer-reviewed scientific publications in international journals, including World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology and ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and has been a speaker at international conferences including ECCE/ECAB, ISIE and AlgaEurope. At eLoop, Luigi puts this expertise at the service of clients, ensuring methodological rigour and continuity between scientific research and applied consultancy.

Mariachiara Volpe has been a Sustainability & Communication Consultant at eLoop since 2023, where she manages the company's communication and supports businesses and organisations in the storytelling of their sustainability performance. Her path began in fashion design: in 2025 she earned a bachelor's degree in Fashion Design from IUAD – Accademia della Moda in Naples, with the thesis "A'ntrasatta", a project dedicated to recovering and adding value to waste from native Italian raw wool, developed in collaboration with eLoop to measure the environmental impact of the garments, comparing native wool with the synthetic materials commonly used in the textile sector. The work reflected, from the outset, her interest in the integration of sustainability, design and local heritage. She went on to explore these themes through specialist programmes, including "Out of Fashion" (Connecting Cultures and Politecnico di Milano) and "Resource and Waste Development Manager" (an 800-hour training course with the University Federico II and CNR-STEMS).

At eLoop, she works mainly on corporate communication, social media management, content production and storytelling to make sustainability accessible, supporting fashion-sector consultancy with research and benchmarking on materials and processes, strategic support on tenders and funding, and the project management of social sustainability initiatives.

Active beyond the company as well, she is a contributor and speaker for rén collective, project lead for Trama Plaza, and a member of the Technical-Scientific Committee of the Municipality of Gragnano and of the Under-35 Pilot Group for the Youth Voluntary Review presented at the United Nations. Her approach combines design sensibility with rigour, turning sustainability into a story capable of inspiring Change.

Piera Dell'Anno has been an LCA Analyst at eLoop since 2023. Her academic background is rooted in agricultural and environmental sciences: a Degree in Agricultural, Forestry and Environmental Sciences from the University of Naples Federico II in 2021, with a thesis on the enhancement of the Podolica cattle breed, and a First-Level Master's Degree in Water Resources Management at the University of Siena.

At eLoop, she works on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies, Carbon Footprint analyses and environmental assessments that support companies' strategic decision-making, collecting, analysing and interpreting complex data to improve the environmental performance of products and processes and to guide organisations in ESG reporting. She applies internationally recognised methodologies (ISO 14040/14044, the GHG Protocol and ISO 14067) with tools such as OpenLCA, Ecoinvent and LOOK@LCI, and has developed expertise in environmental certification and sustainable construction (LEED, Green Building Council, EPD). She has contributed to innovative projects such as HOUSE_UP, a decision-support tool for building energy retrofit, the fib digital platform for sustainable concrete design, and the environmental performance assessment of a BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) plant. She also follows LCA projects for industrial companies such as Manucor, supporting the company through a multi-year journey that has contributed to a reduction in emissions exceeding 15% and to the launch of its SBTi process. In 2026, she presented her work on the use of environmental data to support design decisions in construction at the 7th fib Congress in Lisbon.

Her approach combines methodological rigour with pragmatism, aiming to transform complex environmental data into concrete tools for informed, measurable decisions geared towards the ecological transition