Prof. Dr. Clementina Elvezia Cocuzza trained at the University of London before obtaining a Ph.D. in Clinical Microbiology at the University of Milan. Since 2001, she has been an associate professor in Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology. She was a member of the UNICHIM Working Group (Rapid Methods in Microbiology) and a member of the UNICHIM Commission (Quality System in Microbiological Laboratories). She is the author of more than 50 publications in international journals. Her research activity focuses on the molecular characterization of the mechanisms responsible for antibiotic resistance and on the clonal characterization of bacterial isolates. In the CF field, she is working on the development of new antibiotics active against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA), with new methods of administration at the pulmonary level.