Manuela Menchi

Manuela Menchi has extensive experience in systems management and coordination within prominent research institutions, with a tenure at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) beginning in 1999. Currently serving as the Database Team Technical Coordinator, Manuela leads a team responsible for supporting and operating database architecture across multiple data centers. Previous roles at EMBL-EBI include Storage Team Coordinator and Senior System Manager in the Systems Infrastructure Team. Prior to EMBL-EBI, Manuela was a Systems Manager at CRS4 in Italy, overseeing Unix workstation and server configurations, and began an academic career as a Post Doctoral Researcher in Computational Physics, developing parallel computing codes at the Università degli Studi di Cagliari, where Manuela also earned a degree in Theoretical Physics and a PhD in Physics.