Vanessa joined INL in September 2023 as a Business and Strategic Relations Officer, specializing in industrial liaison activities, EC research funding advisory, and grant application support.

She previously served as Project developer at Innovayt A/S (2017-2022) and as Innovation Consultant at Indielayer Unipessoal, Lda (from 2022 -2023). In these roles, Vanessa excelled as a soft funding consultant, facilitating funding acquisition for research centers, universities, and comapnies across Europe; and, crafting grant applications within diverse Life Sciences fields. Her expertise extends to funding programs like Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, EUREKA, and national funding sources (Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Dutch).