Dr. Lilla Bonanno had been a Research Fellow with the IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy, since 2012. She received a degree in mathematics from the University of Messina in 2007, two second-level Master’s degrees in open source and information security from the University of Messina in 2008 and in advanced methods of neuroimaging from the University of Messina in 2015, and a Ph.D. degree in neurobiological and clinical sciences from the University of Messina in 2012. During her studies in mathematics, she developed an interest in the implementation of algorithms for thyroid tumor segmentation. During her Ph.D., she continued to work on the development of algorithms and gained expertise in magnetic resonance imaging. Her research interests include the clinical application of functional magnetic resonance and diffusion tensor imaging in neurological diseases. Dr. Bonanno was the recipient of the award for her contribution in the field of Neuroimaging in 2017 by the Italian Neurological Society. Since 2020, she has had a contract as a professional technical associate at IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy