Professor Giovanna Bosica graduated cum laude from the University of Camerino, Italy, in 1993 with a Laurea degree, equivalent to M.Sc.(Hons), in Chemistry and obtained her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Sciences, in the field of organic synthesis, in 1997 from the same institution. In 1995 during her Ph.D. she spent a six-month research period at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, as an Erasmus Fellow. In 1999 she was appointed Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Camerino. In October 2008 she moved to the University of Malta where she was appointed Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and subsequently obtained the promotion to full Professor in March 2014. She lectures for different courses in the field of organic chemistry/synthesis and natural products. She has been a  member of the Royal Chemical Society (MRSC) since 2011 and of the American Chemical Society (ACS) since 2015. In March 2016 she joined the European COST Association, participating in the COST Action CA15106, C-H Activation in Organic Synthesis (CHAOS), as an MC member from Malta [CA15106 MT].