Rita Petrucci graduated in Organic Chemistry at Sapienza University of Rome in 1988. She is an assistant professor of Chemistry for Engineering at Sapienza University. Her research interests are in the fields of molecular electrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry, and mass spectrometry, applied to natural antioxidants, in particular to polyphenols in food and beverages. She has been a member of the Italian Chemical Society since 2018.