Maria Rosaria Acocella is currently a researcher at the University of Salerno. She received her B.Sc. in 2001 and PhD in 2005 from the University of Salerno. She was a postdoctoral research fellow at the same university, studying new homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts and their possible application in reactions of synthetic interest, with particular attention to the catalysts with low environmental impacts. Since 2012, her research has concerned green functionalization, characterization, and application of heterogeneous carbon-based catalytic systems. She has published over 58 peer-reviewed articles, including ACS Catalysis, ChemSusChem, ChemCatChem, Carbon, and Chemistry of Materials.