Fiorella Meneghetti earned her degree with honors in Medicinal Chemistry and Technology at the University of Padova in 1998. In the same year, she obtained the qualification to practice as a pharmacist. In 2002, she received her PhD in Bio-Chemical Sciences from the University of Torino. Then, she joined the University of Milan with a grant entitled "Structural Investigation of Redox Proteins for Nanobiotechologies" (2002-2005). F.M. has been an Assistant Professor since January 1st, 2006 (SSD CHIM/08) wihtin the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Milan; she is responsible for the teaching of “Chemical and Toxicological Analysis” and “Drug Analysis”. Her main research area is the crystallization and structural determination of drugs and enzymes. F.M. is the co-author of more than 100 scientific articles published on international journals of a relevant impact factor and several presentations (oral/poster) at national and international conferences. Her research activity is focused on the following fields: 1) structural analysis of enzymes; 2) crystal structures of pharmaceutical compounds; 3) structural characterization of metal complexes.