Prof. Marisa Brini is a Full Professor and is currently working at the Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. She received her B.S. degree summa cum laude from the University of Padova in 1990, and her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Pathology from the University of Padova in 1991–1995. She is a member of the Italian Society of Cell Biology and Differentiation (ABCD) (2017–present), the Top Italian Women Scientists (TIWSs) consortium, and ONDA Club (Osservatorio nazionale sulla salute della donna e di genere) (2019–present). Her research areas are focused on calcium homeostasis, analysis of the transport mechanisms of calcium ions, mitochondrial metabolism, and neurodegenerative diseases. She is the author of 153 scientific publications, most of which have been published in peer-reviewed journals in these fields, and her h-index is 55 (source: Scopus).