Caroline Angeli is the head of the Aquitaine European Affairs Office for the French National Centre for Research (CNRS). Since 2002, she has collaborated with researchers throughout the entire life cycle of European projects, pre- to post-award. More specifically, she helps researchers with their ERC application since the creation of the ERC grants in 2007.

She holds degrees in Microbiology and Management. She strongly advocates for the importance of mutual collaboration and reciprocity between support and research staff for the advancement of research excellence.