Prof. (Dr.) Gelsomina Fico is Full Professor in the subject of Pharmaceutical Biology (Italian code: area BIOS-01/D), at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (DISFARM) of the University of Milan. Her research activity includes studies on ethnobotany, chemotaxonomy, and on the morphology and chemistry of secondary metabolites from medicinal and food plant species. These studies are often in relation to ecological/physiological aspects, also including analyses on the biological activity of secondary metabolites. Since 2003, she has been Director of the Botanic Garden G.E. Ghirardi (DISFARM, Toscolano Maderno, Brescia), which is focused on medicinal plants. From 2009 to 2015, she has been a member of the Council of the Italian Society of Phytochemistry. From 2012 to 2015 she was President of the Network of Botanical Gardens of Lombardy, and actually she is Vice-President. From 2017 to 2023 she has been President of the Bachelor Degree Course of Herbal Sciences and Technologies.