Simona Baroni graduated summa cum laude in Chemistry (1999) and earned her PhD in Biochemical Sciences (2002) at the University of Torino. In over 20 years of research activity, she gained experience in NMR spectroscopy and relaxometry, working mainly in the field of synthesis and physicochemical characterization of paramagnetic metal complexes, liposomes and nanoparticles. Currently, her research is focused on the relaxation process and contrast agents for clinical application at low magnetic field strengths through the study of the role of the water exchange process in cells and tissues with a particular interest in the differences between normal and diseased tissues and organs. Her work deals with the development of a new imaging technique, the Fast Field Cycling (FFC)-MRI, opening the exploitation of new disease biomarkers.