Lisa Dalla Via earned her degree in Biological Sciences with full marks cum laude in March 1989 at the University of Padova. In 1990, she earned her Board Certification in Biological Sciences. In 1990 and 1991, she carried out research activity with a grant from Sigma-Tau (Roma). She obtained her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics in 1995. In 1994, she joined the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences as a Researcher of Medicinal Chemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Padova in 2002 and as an Associate Professor in 2010. She is the supervisor of a number of degree theses in Pharmaceutical Sciences and of two PhD theses at the PhD School of Molecular Sciences. She is the principal investigator of the research program “ex 60%” and a scientific project within “Progetti di Ricerca di Ateneo-anno 2010”.