Giuliana Impellizzeri obtained her PhD in Physics from the University of Catania, Italy. She is a Senior Scientist at the CNR-IMM. She has published more than 150 papers in internationally referred journals, holding an H-index of 33 (source: Google Scholar). She is the Editor of Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing journal (Elsevier), and Associated Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry, Catalysis and Photocatalysis (Frontiers). She is a project evaluator for the European Commission and for the Italian Minister of Education.