Stefania Urbani is currently Self-Employed Consultant at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia (Italy). Education: M.S in Biology (2002), Perugia University, Italy; Ph.D. in Food Biotechnology (2007), University of Bologna (Italy). Work experience: since 2007, as Ph.D student and and then as as Research Fellow at University of Perugia, until the current position (University of Perugia, Italy), her research activities have been focused on the following main research topics: -investigation of phenolic and volatile compounds in foods, mainly olive and olive oil, and agronomic and technological factors affecting their presence and their modifications; as well as the study of their evolution during the storage period and shelf life; - characterization and valorization of by-products of the agro-food industry and study of their possible and potential applications. Member of the National Academy of the Olive and Oil.