Dr. Elisabetta Ranucci is a full professor of industrial chemistry at the University of Milan. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Pisa in 1983. She completed his postdoctoral research at the University of Pisa in 1984. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Brescia from 1985 to 1986. She was an assistant professor in applied chemistry at the University of Brescia from 1986 to 1988. Then, she was a visiting professor at KTH from 1998 to 2001. From 2001 to 2011, she was an associate professor in industrial chemistry at the University of Milan. Since 2011, she has been a full professor. She is a member of the National Scientific Habilitation Committee (MUR) for the Industrial Chemistry area, a member of the advisory committee of the Department of Chemistry, and a member of the board of the Ph.D. course in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Milan. Her research interests mainly include biodegradable and biocompatible polymers for applications in nanomedicine, bioinspired polymers with flame-retardant activity, multifunctional composite resins for the absorption of inorganic and organic pollutants from wastewater, composite hydrogels as scaffolds for tissue regeneration, and polymers from renewable sources.