Rim ben Debabis was awarded her Master’s degree in “Chemistry” in 2014 from the University of Sfax (Tunisia). She received her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry with honors at the University of Sfax (Tunisia) in 2018. Her Ph.D. topic is the Synthesis, structural study, spectroscopic and magnetic characterization of new organic-inorganic hybrid compounds with divalent metals. She is currently a research fellow at the Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the University of Bergamo. Her research interests are related to the study of innovative technologies for control, monitoring, and safety at sea by identifying the design of a sensor for heavy metals present in seawater.