Dr. Maria E. Fortuna is a scientific researcher focusing on synthesizing and characterizing siloxane-containing materials, composite polymeric materials, and metal complexes with functionalized siloxanes for catalysis and biomedicine. She also works on adsorbents for industrial water purification from heavy metals and organic pollutants. Proficient in characterization methods like FT-IR, NMR, UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, etc., she has authored/co-authored 21 ISI-ranked journal articles (10 as first author, with an impact factor of 29 and H-Index of 5 in Web of Science), 1 book, 5 book chapters, and 3 conference proceedings. She has 45 conference participations (with oral/poster presentations), and has been involved in 9 national/international research grants and 1 postdoctoral project.