Policy Officer / European Commission DG Research & Innovation
Alea López de San Román is a Policy Officer at the European Commission´s Directorate for Research and Innovation. Alea works in the Open Science unit, where she contributes to the development and implementation of the EU policy on open access to scientific results. Before joining the European Commission, Alea coordinated the Information and Open Access policy group at the League of European Research Universities (LERU). She is a graduate in Law, Political Sciences and Public Management from Universidad Carlos III. She obtained a Master´s Degree in International Affairs (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas) and a Master´s Degree in European Studies (KU Leuven). Her areas of expertise include International Relations, EU Science Diplomacy, Open Access and EU Research Policy.