Dr. Raffaella Colombo is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, and a Researcher at the Laboratory of Nutraceutical and Food Chemical Toxicological Analysis. She graduated (2004) and obtained her PhD (2009) in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Pavia. After that, she worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the same department. She is an expert in analytical techniques applied to drugs (quality control/drug discovery), proteins (protein folding/aggregation), and food/natural matrices (food quality/safety).