Prof. Dina Manetti graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology from the University of Florence in 1992. In 1993, she was awarded a scholarship from the company FIDIA S.p.A, and in 1994, she was awarded a scholarship from the company S.I.M.S.S.r.l. She obtained her Ph.D. in Drug Chemistry from the University of Florence in 1997. During 1998–1999, she received a post-doctoral scholarship from the University of Florence. She has been a researcher at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Florence, since 1999, and currently, she works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA) of the University of Florence. Her scientific activity has focused on topics related to Pharmaceutical Chemistry, such as the design and synthesis of substances with pharmacological action to identify their pharmacophoric portion.