Eliana Quartarone is Full Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Pavia (IT). The EQ’s research field is focused on the design of innovative materials for Lithium and post-Lithium batteries. She is leader of R2BATT_lab, whose activities are focused on the development of novel and sustainable approaches for batteries recycling and reuse. EQ has been the Batteries Europe Secretariat Technical Advisor of the BE/Batt4EU Working Group 2 Raw Materials and Recycling and of the Task Force on Sustainability. EQ is coordinator of of National and European projects (e.g. RENOVATE and RETREAT) and is partner in other on-going EU projects on the recycling of EoL Li ion batteries (AUTOMAT e BATMASS).