Researcher at ERA Chair team, IN4ACT at the School of Economics and Business in the Kaunas University of Technology and member of the Executive board at the ERASME Excellent Centre for Sustainability in France and the research group on Circular Economy, Agrifood and Socioeconomic Development (SEJ-668) at the University of Almeria, Spain. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Université Clermont Auvergne and a Postdoc at the Industrial Bioeconomy Chair in NEOMA Business School. Holding a graduate degree (Master) in Sustainability education (FR) and other in Agribusiness studies (MX). He has scientific interests in sustainability, industrial economy, circular economy, natural resources management and environmental engineering applying multi-layer modelling, network analysis and system dynamics as a methodology to simulate future desirable scenarios. He is a member of the International Society for Industrial Ecology and French Regional Studies Association, he has published in peer-reviewed journals such as "Sustainability", "Resources, Conservation & Recycling", "Processes" and "Journal of Cleaner Production". Manuel has a long experience in research, fundraising, lecturer and regional consultant in Europe and Latin America, carrying strategic development projects within socially responsible initiatives, as well as the detection of business opportunities and promotion of symbiosis projects within industrial ecosystems encompassed on a systemic approach