Dr. Annarita Poli received her Bachelor's Degree in Biological Science (Biomolecular curricula) at the University of Naples “Federico II” in 1997. In 2000, she graduated with a Ph.D. in Animal Biology at the University of Calabria. From 2001 to 2020, she works as a Researcher at the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry of C.N.R. in Pozzuoli (Naples). Since January 2013 to the present, she has been a member of the Reviewer Board of M.U.R. (Ministry of University and Research) and MiSE (Ministry of Economic Development) for the evaluation of scientific projects and CNR-Scientific Expert, respectively. Since June 2015, she has been the Membership of the University Research Center for the Study of Extreme Environments and Extremophiles at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences of the University of Messina. Now she is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry—National Research Council (ICB-CNR).