The CROPS team
CROPS integrates the expertise of six diverse and highly experienced European partners from academia, research organisations, charities, SMEs and social enterprises with complementary backgrounds, knowledge, and skills to achieve the project’s overall objectives.
Below is a list of key people that work for CROPS and their institutions.

Ana Costa
Project coordinator

Mariana Denis Malta
CROPS Project manager

Tania Moreira
CROPS Project manager

Catarina Azevedo
CROPS Project advisor

James Sprinks
Principle scientific investigator

Kaushiki Das
Work package 6 lead (Dissemination)

Claire Williams
Project manager

Dilek Fraisl
Work package 3 lead (Replication)

Paola Zanchetta
Work package 2 lead (Curation)

Javier Creus

Giovanni Maccani

Miriam Molina
Lead developer of teacher training activities

Júlia Lotina Cartanyà
Education policy and research lead

Federico Biguzzi
Project officer for citizen science research

Diana Giaisa Rinaldi
Workshop designer

Nicola Vuolo
Social Media Manager and head of communication

Arianna Liconti
Work package 5 lead (Propagation)
Advisory Board
CROPS has reached out to networks and communities beyond the citizen science landscape to engage potential members of the advisory board. Each of the five Horizon Europe EU missions are represented, along with experts in the broader fields of interoperability, funding, policy and ethics.
In support of this approach the following initial members of the advisory board will give guidance to CROPS actions: