Prof. Elena Tocci obtained an MS in chemistry and a Ph.D in chemical and new materials technologies from the University of Calabria (Italy) in 1995 and 2000, respectively. She has been a researcher at the CNR Institute on Membrane Technology in Rende (Italy) since 2001, and she has also been serving as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Material Engineering and Convergence Technology at Gyeongsang National University in Jinju, Korea since 2021. Her research interests include the simulation and modeling of membranes and membrane operations.