Alessia Senes is an accomplished R&D Program Manager at SMART Photonics, with a career spanning over a decade in research and project management across multiple organizations. Previously, Alessia served as Project Officer at Eindhoven University of Technology, specializing in project acquisition and management for various research initiatives. Prior experience includes roles as Research Scientist at Solliance Solar Research, Project Leader at Holst Centre, and process engineer at TNO. Alessia's early career involved research and development at Konarka Technologies, focusing on organic photovoltaics. Alessia holds a PhD in Applied Physics from Eindhoven University of Technology and advanced degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Hasselt University and Università degli Studi di Cagliari.