Dr. Laura Ribba is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET, Argentina), working at the Plastics Center of the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI, Argentina), and a Lecturer at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA, Argentina). She earned her Ph.D. in Physics from UBA, specializing in materials physics, and conducted postdoctoral research in nanomaterials at the same institution. Her research focuses on the design, processing, and functionalization of sustainable polymeric materials, particularly biodegradable polymers and composites reinforced with natural fibers or modified through radiation technologies. She has authored numerous publications in international journals and presented her work at national and international conferences. Keywords: biodegradable polymers, polymer composites, natural fibers, radiation processing, sustainable materials, materials characterization.