Doctor Bianca Pizzorno Backx is a teacher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil. She graduated in chemistry and has a PhD in materials engineering. Her leading research is about nanostructured materials with various applications. She has experience in chemistry and materials engineering with an emphasis on surfaces and Interfaces. She works in green chemistry, and her research is based on green nanotechnology (the synthesis of nanostructures, molecular switches, and nanostructured materials).