Barbara Ventura is Research Director at the Institute for Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity (ISOF) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) in Bologna. She received an MS degree in Chemistry and received a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Bologna. Her research activity deals with the characterization of luminescent organic and inorganic materials, the study of photo-induced energy and electron transfer processes in arrays containing organic and/or inorganic units, the study of photoactive host–guest and supramolecular systems, and the characterization of photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy. She is experienced in steady-state and time-resolved electronic spectroscopy and in ultrafast optical techniques (femtosecond pump-probe transient absorption spectroscopy, ultrafast luminescence detection). She has been and is currently involved in several national and international projects, among which four H2020-MSCA projects as coordinator or principal investigator. She holds a wide collaboration network with renowned scientists working in materials and biomedical science.