Nadia G. Boetti is a Technology Specialist in Optical Devices and Materials at LINKS Foundation, Italy. She holds an M.Sc. degree with honour in Physics from the University of Torino and a PhD in Electronic Devices from Politecnico di Torino. Her current research activities deal mainly with the design, fabrication and characterization of photonic glasses and optical fibers for lasers and amplifiers in the Visible, Near-Infrared and Mid-Infrared wavelength region. She is involved in the development of bioresorbable glasses, optical fibers, and capillaries for biophotonic applications. She has published more than 115 works, including 44 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and 3 book chapters.