Dr. Osvalda Senneca is the Head of Research at the Institute of Research on Sustainable Energy and Mobility of the Italian National Research Council (SGTEMS-CNR) and Guest Professor at RUB University. Before she graduated cum laude in Chemical Engineering in 1994, she worked as an engineer in the research division of FISIA (Fiat Impresa Sistemi Ambientali) (1994–1995). She has also obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (1998) from the University Federico II of Naples and was a fellow of the Department of Chemical Engineering of the same university (1998–2001), a researcher with tenure (2001) and Senior Researcher (2007) of the Institute of Research on Combustion (IRC-CNR), and a member of the PNRR-PNIEC Technical Committee of the Ministry of Ecologic Transition (2022). The research of Dr. Senneca concerns the thermochemical conversion of solid fuels, from the analysis and improvement of current technologies to the development of innovative technologies with low environmental impact. Her expertise covers a wide range of solid fuels, from coal to biomass, wastes of civil and industrial origin, etc. She has been included in Stanford's list of the top 2% of scientists.