Monia Renzi was born in Orbetello (GR-Italy) on 01/01/1977. She graduated with honours in Biology, Environmental specialization, with an experimental thesis in Lagoon Ecology, at the University of Siena. PhD in Sciences and technologies applied to the environment, research area “Technologies for the assessment of ecotoxicological impacts”. She previously carried out her research at the University Centre of Grosseto, as head of the research divisions “General Ecology” and “Ecotoxicology”, dealing with marine-coastal and lagoon ecosystems. In 2013, she became General Director at Bioscience Research Center, where she still leads research programs in collaboration with national/international organizations and institutes. She is a member the Board of Directors of the national technology cluster BIG-Blue Italian Growth and she is an Academic member for the Academy of Fisiocritici (Siena). She is author of more than 200 peer-reviewed papers.