Mattia Sponchioni received his M.Sc. cum laude in Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2015 and his Ph.D. cum laude in 2018. After a period as postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich, Mattia is currently assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” at Politecnico di Milano. His main research interests comprise the development of thermo‐responsive polymers for tissue engineering and functional polymer particles for water purification and recycle. Mattia is also active in the development of continuous countercurrent chromatography for the purification of biotherapeutics, including monoclonal antibodies and oligonucleotides.