Maria Rosaria Ruocco was born in Capri on 03 April 1962. Her qualifications include a Doctoral Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Naples, awarded in 1988, and a Ph.D. in Oncology from the University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, which was awarded in 1998. As of April 2015, she is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Propaedeutic Biochemistry in the Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology of the University of Naples Federico II in Naples, Italy. Her main research fields include the following: the effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on tumor cells, and the generation and analysis of spheroids from human primary skin myofibroblasts and human primary breast cancer-associated fibroblasts, analysis of the interaction between stromal cells and both normal and cancer cells, and studies on the effects of CDC25 phosphatase inhibitory compounds on tumor cells.