Prof. Anna Maria Raspolli Galletti graduated in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Pisa (UNIPI) in 1982, where she earned her PhD in “Chemical Sciences” in 1987. She has been an Associate Professor since October 2000 and is a Full Professor of Industrial Chemistry at UNIPI since January 2016. She is the Head of the research laboratory “Greencat”  (Green Catalysis Beyond Petroleum Age), University of Pisa. She is a member of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) and vice-president of the SCI Industrial Chemistry Division. She is a ​referee for industrial research projects at the European Union and the Italian Ministry of University and Research. Her main research interests are in the fields of the optimization of many types of catalytic processes of industrial interest. In particular, she has strong expertise in the catalytic and biocatalytic conversion of renewable resources for the production of intermediates, polymers, and biofuels. Moreover, she has studied sustainable and safe reaction approaches for the optimization of many industrial processes, with particular attention being devoted to the improvement of process and product safety. She coordinated research groups in many basic and industrial research projects funded by the European Union, the Italian Ministry of University and Research, local government, and European and Italian private companies.