Ornella Abollino is presently an associate professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Torino. She received her PhD in Chemical Sciences in 1991 from the University of Torino. From 1993 to 2001, she served as a university researcher at the University of Turin. From 2002 to 2019, she was an associate professor. Her research activities are mainly focused on the following topics: the development of voltametric and spectroscopic procedures for the determination and speciation of trace metals; the study of element fractionation in sediment and soils from remote and anthropized areas; the characterization of metal content in pharmaceutical formulations; the interaction between trace metals and plants; and the application of chemometric techniques for the processing of experimental results related to the above-mentioned matrices.