Luca Bernazzani graduated in Chemistry and obtained a PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Pisa. He is currently an aggregate professor of Industrial Physical Chemistry at the same university. His research interests mainly focus on the physico-chemical characterization of materials in the field of polymers, cultural heritage, biomass, and systems of pharmacological and biological interest in general. He is also involved in research and development of an iodine feeding system for Hall thrusters for aerospace applications. He is the author of over 40 refereed articles in international journals and 2 patents.