Paola Forte got her Master degree cum laude in Mechanical Engineering and PhD in Tribology at the University of Pisa. She has been associate professor of Machine Design at the University of Pisa until 2020 when she retired but continued to cooperate with her department as research associate. Her activity regarded component vibro-acoustic analysis, mechanical behavior of biological and smart materials, lubrication and bearings. She is author and co-author of almost 200 scientific papers, a chapter of a book on Structural Dynamics and a book on Machine Design. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9706-6334