Prof. Alessandra Silvani is an Associate Professor at the University of Milan. She obtained a degree in Chemistry from the University of Milan in 1992, and a PhD in Chemical Sciences from the same university in 1996. In 1994, 1995, and 2000, she participated in a scientific project of cooperation between Italy and Spain (Integrated Action), with a short stay at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Barcelona. In 2001 she was appointed Researcher by the former Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, now Faculty of Science and Technology, of the University of Milan, for the disciplinary sector CHIM/06 (Organic Chemistry). In 2017, she obtained the National Scientific Qualification (both for Associate and Full Professor) for the same sector, and in 2018 she was appointed Associate Professor at the Chemistry Department of the University of Milan. Her research activity mostly focuses on the synthetic aspects of organic chemistry, with particular reference to natural products, peptidomimetics and small molecules of potential biological interest.