Chiara Dionigi is a permanent researcher at the Italian National Research Council (CNR). She graduated with a degree in chemistry in 1992 from the University of Perugia (110/110 con lode). She received a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1997. Her expertise comprises the nanostructuring of functional inorganic materials by the templating methods for applications in catalysis and photovoltaic system; the preparation of films and crystals of hybrid perovskites for photovoltaic applications; the synthesis of functional thermosensitive hydrogels. She is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in international journals (h-index = 25; more than 1347 citations from Google scholar; h-index = 23; more than 1347 citations from Web of Science and Scopus). She is an inventor of four international patents. She collaborates on several international projects.