Luca Gonsalvi (born in Parma, 1968) obtained his Laurea Degree in Chemistry in 1994 at the University of Parma (Italy). From 1996 to 1999 he joined the group of Dr. Anthony Haynes and Prof. Peter M. Maitlis at the University of Sheffield (UK) as Ph. D. student, with a project on Rh and Ir-catalysed methanol carbonylation, in collaboration with BP Chemicals. In December 1999, he moved to Delft University of Technology (NL) as Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. Roger A. Sheldon and Prof. Isabel W. C. E. Arends. In December 2001, he joined ICCOM CNR Florence (Italy) as Staff Researcher. From 2010 to 2020 he was Senior Researcher and Group Leader at ICCOM CNR. In 2021 he was promoted to Research Director. In 2016, he received the Italian National Habilitation as Full Professor in General and Inorganic Chemistry. In 2019, he also received the Italian National Habilitation as Full Professor in Industrial Chemistry. He was awarded the University of Sheffield Turner Prize for Best Ph. D. Chemistry Thesis (2000) and the CNR Career Development Prize (2005). His current research interests, centred on homogenous catalysis, include organometallic chemistry and catalysis in water, carbon dioxide activation and utilisation, hydrogen activation, production and storage from LOHC, organometallic mechanisms.