Sandrine Gerber (PhD, Prof., Dr. habil.) has been, since 2007, Deputy Director of the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC) and Adjunct Professor, heading the Group for Functionalized Biomaterials (SCI-SB-SG) at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland). Prof. Gerber received her diploma in Chemical Engineering in 1993 from Chimie ParisTech (France) and PhD degree in 1996 from Sorbonne University (Paris, France). She has solid, broad knowledge in synthetic organic chemistry for the design and preparation of complex bioactive molecules. Her scientific expertise is related to the development of new chemical entities for bio-applications. The research activities of her group focus on the design, synthesis and evaluation of functionalized nanomaterials and biomaterials for therapeutic applications including cancer imaging probes, theranostic nanomaterials, biosensors and gene delivery nanocarriers. As part of her management function in ISIC, Prof. Gerber has direct supervision of analytic platforms, support services and engineering workshops of the Institute. She manages several national and international multidisciplinary scientific projects and has received several awards for her research work, including the 2010 Werner Prize from the Swiss Chemical Society and the 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award of the Section of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. In 2020, she was elected fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials.