Lidia De Luca was born in Ozieri (SS), Italy, in 1976. She graduated in Chemistry “summa cum laude” in 1999 at Università degli Studi di Sassari and carried out her Ph. D. in Chemical Science from 2000 to 2003 at the Univeristà degli Studi di Sassari. She became a Researcher in 2004 and Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy in 2016. From 2023, she has been a Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Università di Sassari. Her scientific interests are focused on the development of new metal-free cross-coupling reactions for the synthesis of esters and amides; friendly oxidations and chlorination; C-H bond activation catalyzed by novel and highly efficient non-conventional catalysts (mainly Fe and Cu). Her more recent interests include developing the new visible-light-assisted synthesis of amides, esters, and chlorinated compounds. She is author/co-author of 81 published in international peer reviewed journals, 3 book chapters, and 1 patent. Her h-index is 33, with 3766 citations in total (Scopus). She was included in the 100,000 Top Scientists List (PLOS Biology, 2019, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384); she was included in the world ranking of the Top 2% of the most cited researchers in the world by Stanford University Elsevier and SciTech Strategies in 2020, 2021, and 2022 (doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.18594.45767; doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.3; doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.5.).