Lucia Emanuele is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Restoration at the University of Dubrovnik in Croatia. In 2003, she obtained a PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of the Basilicata in Potenza, Italy. She has participated in numerous national and international scientific conferences and published numerous scientific papers in journals. She has been employed, today as an associate professor, at the University of Dubrovnik, Department of Art and Restoration, since 2009. From October 2019, she has also been the head of the Department of Art and Restoration at the University of Dubrovnik.