Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci  is Associate Professor and Associate Director at the Center for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law (CeBIL), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen in Denmark. He is also Inter-CeBIL Research Affiliate at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. He specializes in information technology, privacy and data protection law. His research interests are the legal issues involved in disruptive innovation technologies and biomedicine. His past activities have included working as a consultant and lawyer for law firms and IT companies. He was also a research associate with the Institute for Legal Informatics (IRI) at Leibniz Universität Hannover in Germany, and a visiting research fellow in various research centers around the world, including Harvard Law School, Cambridge University, the Max Planck Institute, University of Edinburgh, Turin University, and the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. He has a Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree from Kyushu University in Japan. He also holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in international economics and business law from Kyushu University, and an LL.M. in law and information technology and an LL.M. in European intellectual property law, both from the University of Stockholm in Sweden. He has several publications in the field of IT Law.

He has been actively involved in numerous EU-funded research projects, including TENACITy (Travel Intelligence Against Crime and Terrorism, Horizon Europe - as a Member of the Ethics Advisory Board), XR5.0 (Human-Centric AI-Enabled Extended Reality Applications for the Industry 5.0 Era, Horizon Europe) CLASSICA (Validating AI in Classifying Cancer in Real-Time Surgery, Horizon Europe), MobiSpaces (New Data Spaces for Green Mobility, Horizon Europe), AI4Gov (Trusted AI for Transparent Public Governance Fostering Democratic Values, Horizon Europe), EnergyShield (Building Upon Cyber Resilience in the Energy Sector), OPTIMIS (Optimized Infrastructure Services), ACGT (Advanced-Clinico Genomic Trials on Cancer), and the EOSC Legal Interoperability study on FAIR Data Principles.

Marcelo has authored several publications in the field of IT law and is recognized for his expertise in legal aspects of emerging technologies, data protection, AI, and biomedical innovation law.

Teaching

European Data Protection Law (Master Level)

Main research areas

Legal Issues in Data Spaces

Cloud Computing, IoT, Blockchain Technology & Smart Contracts

Big Data & Artificial Intelligence

Privacy & Data Protection (GDPR)

Contract and Legal Design

Biomedical Innovation Law