Carla Lupi is currently an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Material Environmental Engineering at Sapienza University of Rome. She holds a M.Sc. in chemical engineering and a Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from Sapienza University of Rome and obtained a national scientific qualification as a full professor (SSD ING-IND/21) in 2014. She is the author of more than 130 scientific papers and 2 patents on not only extractive metallurgy for metal production and the recovery of nonferrous metals but also structural metallurgy and protective coatings. She was responsible for the scientific research contract on the optimization of metallurgical processes, with the public body (ENEA) and private industry (Portovesme S.p.A. Enel Green Power), and bilateral programs, including those between Italy and Poland (1996–1998, 1999–2001) and between Italy and Venezuela (2000–2002) through cooperation between Roma and Caracas Universities. She was also charged with a research task by CNR (Center for the Electrochemistry and Physical Chemistry of Interfaces).