Prof. Dr. Claudia Bello is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” (Interdepartmental Research Unit of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology), University of Florence. She completed her PhD studies in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, with a thesis on the synthesis of new anti-cancer heterocyclic compounds. In 2010 she was the recipient of an A. von Humboldt foundation fellowship for postdoctoral researchers and joined the group of Prof C. F. W. Becker at TUM, Munich, Germany. She then obtained a 6-year position as a Senior Researcher at the University of Vienna, where she developed strong expertise in chemical and semisynthesis strategies for the preparation, purification, and characterization of peptides and proteins specifically modified with sugars. In 2016, she was awarded the "Montalcini Program" for young researchers of the Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research. Her skills and expertise include peptides, glycosylation,  glycoproteins, and organic synthesis.