Thelma A. Pertinhez is a Full Professor of Clinical Biochemistry at the Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy. She holds degrees in Chemical Sciences and Biology and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry. She has researched nuclear magnetic resonance in Brazil (Laboratorio Sincrotron, Campinas) and the UK (University of Oxford). Her expertise includes metabolomics, antimicrobial peptides activity–function relationships, proteins, and nuclear magnetic resonance.