Simona Rada (b. 1972, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) obtained the PhD degree in Inorganic Chemistry from Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (2004). After a post-PhD position (2006-2009), she joined the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in 2009 as lecturer and as Associate Professor in 2014 with Habilitation Diploma in Chemistry (2013). Since 2016, she has been leading the National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies as a Senior Research Scientist. She has published more than 110 papers in ISI journals, 6 books, and 2 book chapters in the field of materials science: Synthesis (glasses, vitroceramics, dental ceramics, and alloys), spectroscopy, and molecular modeling.