Anna Barattucci has a degree in Chemistry (1993) and the title of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (1998, Supervisor Prof. M.C. Aversa) at the University of Messina. Since December 2018, she works as Associate Professor (CHIM/06 Organic Chemistry) in the Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical, and Environmental Sciences (ChiBioFarAm) at the University of Messina. From 2003 to 2018, she was a researcher at the same Department. Since the beginning of her career, her research interests focused on two main subjects: the study of the reactivity of transient sulfenic acids in the stereoselective synthesis of sulfoxides and unsymmetrically substituted disulfides (containing sugar and aminoacidic moieties and with potential biological activity), and the generation and use of polysulfenic acids in the synthesis of polyfunctionalized sulfur compounds, e.g., cyclophanes and tripodal compounds. In recent years she developed a new line devoted to the synthesis of new fluorescent probes (oligophenylene ethynylene and borodipyrromethene derivatives) functionalized by sugar residues, with the ultimate aim of using them in the biomedical field (bioimaging and photodynamic therapy). The scientific production of Anna Barattucci is represented by 68 articles, 2 book chapters, and a number of communications at national and international conferences.