Graziella Malandrino is a full professor of SSD CHIM-03 General and Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemical Sciences at Catania University since 01-12-2006. She graduated in Chemistry (curriculum Inorganic chemistry) magna cum laude from Catania University in 1989. - From May 1989 to Aug 1990, she was a postgraduate student in the group of Prof. T. J. Marks at the Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, where she began her research activity in the field of metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) of superconducting films. - In 1994, she received her Ph.D. from Catania University. The subject of her thesis, supervised by Prof. I. Fragalà, was the “Synthesis of high Tc superconductors through MOCVD and their characterization”. Her research activity is mainly focused on chemical vapour phase processes starting from the synthesis of novel precursors to the fabrication of thin film and nanostructured materials for applications in energy harvesting, conversion devices and photovoltaics. Current research interests include: a) Synthesis of novel precursors for MOCVD and for Molecular Layer Deposition (MLD) processes; b) Hybrid multifunctional systems with a combined MOCVD/MLD approach; c) MOCVD fabrication of nanostructured binary oxides and functional perovskites (LaCoO3, La1-xSrxMnO3, BiFeO3, Pr1-xCaxMnO3); d) MOCVD of binary and complex fluorides as host matrices for up- and down-conversion materials.