Dr. Maria Chiara Spadaro (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6540-0377) got her PhD in Physics and Nanoscience in 2016 from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. The same year, she was awarded to the Best PhD Thesis SISM Award for Transmission Electron Microscopy applied to Material Science. In 2018 she received the Laura Bassi SIF Award and other Awards related to her scientific outcomes. After postdoctoral appointments in Modena, Lausanne and Swansea, since 2019 she is Marie Curie Fellow at ICN2 (Spain) and Honorary Research Fellow at Swansea University (United Kingdom). She possesses expertise in physical synthesis (gas aggregation sources) and electron microscopy based characterization of nanostructures. She complements the atomic resolution characterization with 3D atomic model and image simulation of nanostructured materials. She leads the atomic modelling and image simulation activities within the GAe-N group in ICN2. She was involved in several R&D projects at national (NEWLI, ANAPHASE) and European (CritCat, REDOX) level and other international collaborative research projects, also with Industry.