Andrea Hutterer has been\nworking as research programme manager at the European Research Executive Agency (REA) since 2019. She studied biochemistry and holds a PhD in Life Sciences from the University of Vienna, Austria. She worked as a researcher at the University of Cambridge, UK, from 2006-2010 funded by an EMBO and HFSP fellowship. In 2010 Andrea changed from active research to research administration and management. Following a brief stint at the Medical Research Council Headquarters, UK, she became the Manager\nof the prestigious EMBO Fellowship programme in 2011. 5 years later she moved to the Institut Curie Research Centre, Paris, France, as coordinator of its\nresearch core facilities. In 2018 she joined the European Commission as scientific officer at the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA).