Dr. Laura Bergamonti is a Fixed-term researcher at the Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability at Parma University. She is mainly involved in the research and development of new advanced nanomaterials. She is co-founder of the inter-universitary spinoff company High Mat Innovation srl for the development and commercialization of innovative materials. She obtained a degree in Chemistry (SSD - CHIM 012) at the University of Parma in 2015. Since 2015, as a post-doc, she has been involved in international and national projects: MAECI—Project “NANO4HER, Nanotechnology at the service of cultural heritage preservation”, Italy-Israel Scientific and Technological Cooperation; POR FESR 2014-2020—Project “Sustainability and innovation in the wine industry “; and PON 2014-2020—Project “Research and Development of new advanced materials for eco-sustainable constructions". Her research activity is focused on the development of innovative materials for the sequestration of metals in solution and for the removal of pharmaceutical and other organic pollutants from wastewater, for the protection and consolidation of stone and ligno-cellulosic systems. She is co-author of a national patent and an international patent on wood preservative compositions.