Francesca Modugno PhD, Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry of University of Pisa. Since 2001, she carries out her researches in the field of analytical chemistry applied to conservation science in the Laboratory of Chemical Science for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage (SCIBEC, www.scich.it). She teaches analytical chemistry and chemometrics. Her research activity deals with the development and the application of analytical methods based on chromatography and mass spectrometry to the characterisation and the study of the degradation of organic natural materials in historical and artistic objects end in environmental matrices, with specific attention to lipids, resins, synthetic polymers, lignocellulosic polymers, and microplastics in the environment. She is the author of 100 publications on international ISI journals and more than 100 communications to national and international conferences.