Ana Forgiarini earned a B.Sc. in chemical engineering from the Technological Institute in Barquisimeto (Venezuela) and an M.Sc. in chemical engineering from University of the Andes (Merida-Venezuela). She received her Ph.D. from University of Barcelona (Spain) and spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at North Carolina State University (USA). Over the past 35 years she has been involved in teaching and research at the University of the Andes, where she is currently a professor and deputy director of the FIRP laboratory, and head of the micro and nanoemulsions research and development group, particularly with applications to petroleum production and cosmetics.